Oble picks up rights to Swiss graphic novel miniseries adaptation Firebrands

Miniseries The Firebrands (Les Indociles)

Paris-based drama distributor Oble will handle international sales for The Firebrands (Les Indociles), a new scripted miniseries based on the French-language graphic novels of the same name.

The French company has partnered with Box Productions and Entre Chien et Loup for the 5×52’ character-driven series, which is based on Camille Rebetez and Pitch Comment’s Swiss saga. The Firebrands will debut this year on Swiss national broadcaster RTS.

Opening in the early 1970s in the Swiss countryside, a group of friends share a dream to build a world of freedom and equality. As the hippie wave ignites young people everywhere and hard drugs find their way to their conservative village, the trio witness the damages of excesses and addiction.

The series is directed by Delphine Lehericey (The Last Dance) and co-written by Rebetez alongside Joanne Giger, Aurélie Champagne and Olivier Volpi.

Box Productions and RTS have also coproduced a 1×52’ documentary, Addictions, which examines the drugs crisis in Switzerland that inspired the story and the country’s subsequent innovative and radical drugs policy, which is now internationally recognised and widely implemented.