The jury of the Monte-Carlo television festival amazed by "The Tourist"

• The 61st edition of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival closed its doors on Tuesday.

• The favorite of

  20 Minutes

  , the British series

  The Tourist

  was crowned best series, best creation and audience award.

• Trom

  , the first series to come from the Faroe Islands, takes home the special jury prize and the Golden Nymph for best actor.

The return of Matthew Fox, the star of

to the screens, the demented series of David Hasselhoff, the project of a return of

by the radiant Jane Seymour or the frenzy of fans of

for the 35 years of soap-opera… This 61st edition of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival has once again provided fans of series with some nice surprises.

The fiction jury, chaired by American actor and producer Neal McDonough (

), delivered its verdict and awarded its Golden Nymphs at the closing ceremony at the Grimaldi forum this Tuesday evening.

“A thrilling, hilarious and exotic “existential thriller”, headlined this Monday

to talk about the brilliant British series

, created by Harry Williams and Jack Williams.

Three awards for “The Tourist”

The jury of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival was also amazed by this Two Brothers Pictures production, which won two Golden Nymphs, that of the best series and that of the best creation.

Same story on the public side, since it also won the BetaSeries public prize.

Launched on France 2 this Monday,

has everything it takes to stun the viewer.

This exotic thriller lost in the Australian outback benefits from the chiselled writing tinged with black humor and a touch of irony from the authors of

, from a neat and ultra-referenced staging, many surprising twists and thrilling up its sleeve, and impeccably cast.

After a few lost years on the sets of the

Jamie Dornan, who broke through on the small screen thanks to his convincing role as serial killer in

, distills just the right amount of humanity for we get attached to this tough Irishman, muscular and hunted, who has lost his memory.

Danielle Macdonald is amazing in her role as a deceptively naive rural police officer who lacks self-confidence.

Two awards for “Trom”

The Monte-Carlo festival hosted for the first time a series from the lush Faroe Islands,

a series which will soon be broadcast in France on Arte.

On this archipelago were born the two men at the origin of

: on the one hand, Jagvan Isaksen, author of a successful detective saga which takes place there, and on the other, Torfinnur Jákupsson, who has been dreaming for adolescence to bring this series of Nordic noir books to the screen.

The latter signs here a splendid first screenplay, which features investigative journalist Hannis Martinsson (Ulrich Thomsen), who, as he reluctantly returns to his native archipelago, receives a message from Sonja, an environmental activist who claims to be his hidden daughter and to be in danger.

When he arrives, he discovers Sonja's body in the bloody waters of a whaling...

Trom

, noticed at the Berlinale Series Market and sold by REinvent International Sales to the BBC for the United Kingdom, distinguished itself once again at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival with the special jury prize and the best actor prize for Ulrich Thomsen .

As for television films, it is

, who recounts the escape of the widow of the painter Max Liebermann from Nazi Germany, which is unanimous.

The German fiction wins the prize for best film and that of best actress for Thekla Carola Wied who plays the title role.

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The Golden Nymphs of the news category

Another jury rewarded the best documentaries and reports in the world:

Best Major News Report:

(True Vision, UK)

Best documentary film:

(Arpa Films, Spain)

Special Jury Prize:

(Capa Presse, France-Syrie)

Prince Rainier III Special Prize:

(J2F Production, LSD Films, France)

AMADE Prize:

(Wajnbrosse Productions & RG & Créatifs Associés, Belgium and Republic of Congo)

Prize of the Monegasque Red Cross:

(Odeon Fiction, Germany)

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