CANNESERIES: "Silo", the new AppleTV+ series, will open the sixth season of the Festival

Europe 1 9:15 a.m., March 9, 2023, modified at 9:18 a.m., March 9, 2023

CANNESERIES, whose program will be fully revealed on Tuesday March 28, has just announced that

the AppleTV+ series will launch the sixth season of the festival.

The new dystopia broadcast on AppleTV+ from May 5 will be projected on the mythical screen of the hall of the Palais des Festivals and Congresses of the city of Cannes.

Rebecca Ferguson produces and stars in the series

Actress and executive producer Rebecca Ferguson, director and executive producer Morten Tyldum and screenwriter and executive producer Graham Yost are expected to accompany the series and walk the pink carpet.

SILO started out as a literary sensation and the festival can't wait to show audiences what promises to be a sensational adaptation.

is the story of the last 10,000 inhabitants of the planet, who live a kilometer deep underground to protect themselves from the toxic and deadly world around them.

However, no one knows when or why the silo was built, and anyone who tries to find out faces fatal consequences.

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A series about the need to survive in a post-apocalyptic world

Rebecca Ferguson stars as Juliet, an engineer who searches for answers to the murder of a loved one and stumbles upon a mystery far deeper than she could have imagined, leading her to discover that if lies don't kill you , the truth will do it.

Apple TV+ has unveiled the first impressive images.

The Théâtre Lumière in Cannes will serve as the setting for this oppressive and dark staging.

"I can't wait for the festival audience to discover this series on the absolute necessity of surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. Behind absolutely magnificent images of the end of the world, hides a reflection on resistance and the class struggle. I am very proud to present

which, both visually and intellectually, raises the series to the highest level", rejoiced Albin Lewi, artistic director of CANNESERIES.

Silo

is produced for Apple TV+ by AMC Studios and based on the novels by Hugh Howey.

The series is produced by Yost, Howey, Tyldum and Ferguson, as well as Nina Jack, Fred Golan, Rémi Aubuchon and Ingrid Escajeda.