After Grégory, another high-profile news item will be adapted in series: the Alexia Daval affair, killed in October 2017 by her husband Jonathann.
It will be based on the book "Alexia, our daughter" co-written by producer Thomas Chagnaud and parents of Alexia Daval, Gaumont announced in a press release on Tuesday.
The production company has acquired with Nac Films the rights to the work, published at the end of October by Éditions Robert Laffont, with a view to a "6x52 minute series project", it is specified.
Real stories brought to the screen
In this book, Isabelle and Jean-Pierre Fouillot, the parents of Alexia Daval, recount three years of hardship after the feminicide suffered by their daughter, who died at age 29.
They also retrace at length her journey, from her meeting with Jonathann Daval, when she was 16, to her death thirteen years later.
This adaptation announcement is in line with the trend of true stories brought to the screen, a phenomenon maintained in particular by streaming platforms constantly looking for new content.
According to Jonathann Daval's confession, an argument broke out at their home in Gray-la-Ville (Haute-Saône) because Alexia wanted sex while taking fertility stimulation treatment to have a child.
He refuses.
The situation would then have degenerated.
On the stairs, Jonathann would have grabbed Alexia before hitting her face against a concrete wall and then punching her "five to ten punches", according to the public prosecutor, Étienne Manteaux.