VANILLA GIRLS

Under the sun of the Indian Ocean

WEB AND TV SITCOM CRÉATION ORIGINALE 26 MINUTES / FULL HD AVAILABLE IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH - V1,3

ORIGINAL CONTENT I TV & WEB I PRODUCTION 2016

THE OFFICIAL VANILLA GIRLS SERIES MAGAZINE

A BLUE LAGOON, WHITE SAND BEACH, A WATERFALL, TWO LOVERS EMBRACING THE SUNSET LIGHT, GUESTS STEPPING OUT A LIMOUSINE, ENTERING THE HOTEL, HOSTED BY A GROOM DRESSED IN A COLONIAL STYLE UNIFORM, CLOSE-UP ON A SUITCASE, A SWIMMING POOL, A TURNING CASINO’S ROULETTE, A YACHT AT SEA, A SMILING BARMAN BEHIND A BEACH BAR, A THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD TREE, A LADY IN TRADITIONAL INDIAN SAREE, CLOSE-UP ON A COCKTAIL DRINK. HERE WE TALK ABOUT LUXURY, HOSPITALITY AND HOLIDAYS.

CAST LIST

WESLEY NELSON, THE HOTEL MANAGER ROMAIN BLANCHET KIM NELSON, THE HOTEL MANAGER’S DAUGHTER AUDREY HOAREAU KATY NELSON, LA FEMME DU DIRECTEUR CLÉLIE DUSSART BREHAN, THE LOVER CHRISTOPHER LUDOVIC RABOUDE HITESH SILKI, THE BILLIONAIRE BILL SOUPAYA ASHNA SILKI, THE BILLIONAIRE’S WIFE NALINI AUBEELUCK MAANSI SILKI, THE BILLIONAIRE’S DAUGHTER AMBEREEN KORIMDUN WALTER, THE CONCIERGE CHRISTOPHE ST LAMBERT MAYA, THE RECEPTIONIST AURÉLIE CALOU ADIL, THE BARMAN HANS AUBEELUCK ORNELLA, THE SPA MANAGER ORNELLA FRANÇOISE AMARA, THE HOUSEKEEPER 1 VIRGINIE RAOUL AMALA, THE HOUSEKEEPER 2 MANISHA FOKEER THE DROWNED MAN PERCY CHAN CLIFFORD, THE GROOM CLIFFORD GEORGES THE SPA MANAGER’S ASSISTANT BIANCA MARISSON THE GIRLS ON THE BEACH OLGA BRUNOT ET ROVA HUET

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by Pion Dussart Filmaker

aking part in the development of programmes from (and for) Africa is a personal satisfaction as much as a true challenge. All figures demonstrate that the development of programmes (films, series, video games ...etc.) explodes among most of the emerging countries. A huge creativity burst which uses all kind of media and format.

South American and western series productions are no better than the skills we had on set (technicians, actors etc.) and this paves the way to big Medias group who can now choose the African continent to develop and find new talents. Vanilla Girls is a “multicultural” series filmed in studio and exterior sets intended for western, African and Indian markets.

FORMAT: SITCOM OR ORIGINAL DRAMA – 26 MINUTES – FILMED IN 4K – AVAILABLE IN 4 MINUTES DOWNLOADABLE FORMATS ON SMARTPHONES AND 26 MINUTES SITCOM FORMAT.

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THE CONCEPT On a classic tone of South American’s "telenovelas", soaking up the romantic and tragic world of Bollywood soaps, VANILLA GIRLS showcases the fates of several touching characters evolving in the context of a luxury hotel at the edge of a heavenly lagoon. A western family, whose father, Wesley, manage the establishment with an iron hand and will fight against all odds so as his daughter, Kim, gave up her love for Brehan, the young, charming and irresistible beach attendant.

Throughout the episodes, a family of characters will become part of this passionate drama (the concierge who dream to become the Hotel Manager, the beach bar barman, the housekeeper who knows all the secrets, but also the regular guests who lead several successive episodes) which the viewers will intensely share all the torments, happiness and universal dramas (moral and professional dilemmas, social casts struggles, neo-colonials conflicts, birth, marriage, infertility, adoption, crime, professional disgrace, divorce, education of children, medical and psychological dramas, prostitution, mourning… etc.) In a psychologic drama and romantic comedy tonality, VANILLA GIRLS depicts the heart-moving fates of these families caught between tradition and modernity, at the crossroads of different cultures and several continents.

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POSSESSION

An affair! So that’s what you think I am, only an affair !

BUZZ & NEWS THE HOTEL GUESTS The main story takes place in a hotel; the hotel guests are a group of secondary characters which enables to evoke original themes or currents topics.

THE TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT The production uses highperformance and quality equipment. BlackMagic URSA mini digital film camera/ Drone Inspire 1 / Images captured in 4K NETFLIX AND

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PLATFORMS

ASHNA SILKI, THE NEGLECTED WIFE Completely let down by a husband who prefers to chase younger women, she falls in love with the Hotel manager.

The passion that she feels for this man makes her feels alive anew unless that may only be her revenge. She is the only one who can control her wild-like husband which she also manipulates at her own benefits when needed.

On the other side, she must face the mutual jealousy between her daughter, who is growing up into a woman, and herself.

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If Netflix has announced its launching in 54 African countries, other African SVoD are already established on the continent. As the Nigerian iRokoTV, pioneer in the field, or the Kenyan BuniTV and South African Magic Go, who compete on the African market, offering subscriptions sometimes less than ten dollars per month.

HEARD AT MIP TV : "Soap" style series are not all necessarily cheesy. Brazilians and Colombians, in particular, are fond of social problems. "Homosexuality, drug traffics or corruption are not taboo”, says Erika Thomas.

The public loves that fiction sticks to reality. Besides, this is the success recipe of “Plus belle la vie” series.

Now is as good a time as any to plan your next holiday.

To make it count you'll require a party spirit, movie screenings on the beach at dusk and a hammock.

Introducing Tamassa, our vibrant four-star beach hotel in Mauritius, set in tropical gardens on white sandy beaches with rustling coconut trees and a cobalt ocean

CATEGORIES OF PROGRAMMES THAT AFRICAN VIEWERS LOVE

Duties keep me in Singapore, but you know that I’m organising my daughter’s wedding at the Hotel by the end of the season…

MUSICAL WORLD AND FLASHMOBS A mix of different cultures, VANILLA GIRLS develops a whole significant musical world influenced by both western and Bollywood music. Directed by professional western choreographers, VANILLA GIRLS mix up traditional as well as more modern western dances (disco, salsa, hip-hop, breakdance…)

FLASHMOBS AND INTERACTIVE BONUS Recurrently but not on a regular basis, VANILLA GIRLS includes Flashmobs in its scenario. Fans will be able to learn – beforehand – the full choreography of the dances that will be broadcast directly on the Series’ Official website.

Both a dance class and an interactivity generator with the viewers, all the Flashmobs broadcasted during one season represent parts of a full complete flashmob dance of several minutes which is released at the end of this season.

The last episode of a season will showcase all the actors, present in the season, dancing the complete flashmob, which is – as on the internet – subject to the creation of partnership with advertisers (dance around a vehicle, fashion accessories, drinks...)

MAX LEONIDAS Green Electro Life http://www.deezer.com/album/11966006

PERCY FON SING, THE PROVIDENTIAL DROWNED MAN He appears briefly during the first episode but yet his role will soon become critical for the development of the series.

Saved from drowning by Brehan, he will change the life of his young hero and will have a major influence on the course of the story. Who is this stranger capable of changing the whole life of a man, a village, an entire island?

KIM NELSON, GORGEOUS, MODERN AND INTELLIGENT Charm and goodness qualifies this young woman who dreams to become a doctor in Africa. She commits herself solely to her studies and rarely enjoys the idyllic settings of the hotel where her father and she lived since her childhood. However, she keeps a secret garden. The loss of her mother, who she only vaguely remembers (flashbacks), made her a nostalgic and rather delicate person. Kim finds happiness when she falls in love, just before her majority, with the young, handsome and sexy beach attendant, Brehan. Together, they live a blazing but forbidden passion.

You want to manage my life just like you manage this hotel! I’m no more your submissive little girl‌

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You’re from another world that this boy! How could I ever agree to see you living with this seashell picker…?

WESLEY NELSON, THE HOTEL MANAGER With British-origin, this handsome man in his fifties has grown up in a luxury and service culture. From a middle-class family, very attached to his unique daughter that he raised alone – after the mysterious and premature disappearance of his wife- Wesley could only consider a traditional life for his daughter with a man of the same “caste” as theirs.

Managing his hotel with an iron hand, attentive to his guests, always striving for perfection, he, however, remains under the anonymous international authorities ‘orders which maintains constant pressure for beneficial results that weighs him down…

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ORNELLA, THE SPA MANAGER In love with Wesley, she must live her passion in the utmost secret. Her lover constantly refuses to reveal their affair out of modesty or may be Machiavellianism. He asked her to wait, but the explosive character of the young woman will soon reveal itself and undermine the Manager’s intentions.

No not now… please … the assistants could catch us…

BREHAN, THE LOVER Athletic and passionate Brehan come from an extremely humble background. Yet, the young man caught the heart of our heroine. Brave and hardworking, he manages to pursue his studies while taking care of his family. Torn between tradition and a thirst for freedom, he wants to marry Kim. He risks it all and deals with all the struggles for this impossible love. In charge of the Hotel boat club, Brehan face the wrath of the Hotel Manager when this latter learns about the incipient passion between his daughter and this modern-day hero.

He is carried away by the currents! Call the emergencies while I save this man‌

You must not bury in you that violence you’ve been victim of. Why never talked about it to your father or even the police…?

KATY NELSON, THE ENIGMATIC MOTHER Missing, divorced, deceased? We don’t know much about what has happened to Kim’s mother. Still, she often appears next to her daughter to which she talks. Will she come back in an upcoming episode as a real physical character or stay in Kim’s world, hence marking a schizophrenic disorder.

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HITESH SILKI, THE BILLIONAIRE A long-time guest of the Vanilla Resort, this man is as tough as he is powerful and wants to make this magical place the spearhead of the hotel group. Unscrupulously, he took power over the board of directors and work to place his vassals in key positions of the Hotel. Faced to Wesley, for whom he only has contempt, he is ready to destroy everything on his way…

No one is irreplaceable … guests came here for this paradise site… not for this foppish dandy

They are going to destroy your village to expand the hotel! We must fight against this injustice ‌

AMARA AND AMALA, THE HOUSEKEEPERS They discretely observed every game played and manners of the hotels guests. The eldest is completely submitted to her Manager, whom she thinks is the perfect man, for years now and the younger one will quickly want to free her from this housekeeper job and enjoy the attraction men have for her. Culture and generation clash‌

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I love working in this great hotel ... especially because it is small. It works as a family‌

WALTER, THE CONCIERGE His concierge position allows him to see everything, hear everything and know everything.

Confident, diplomat, discreet. A job in which he excels with much talent. Betrayer or sincere friend, Walter is a character who supports the powerful ones only for a cynical self-interest‌

MAANSI SILKI, THE DANGEROUS HEIR She is young, beautiful and intelligent. But also mischievous and won’t tolerate that someone resist her. In love with the young Adil, she’ll do whatever it takes for him to fall into her clutches. This also means confronting her mother and stand in the way of her father’s ambitions…

Do you never break these rules? Passion, love never drives you to take risks…?

“You are beautiful, young and… unattainable ...

ADIL THE BARMAN Adil is a just man and Brehan’s best friend.

He always stands up for love and truth. At the heart of the festivities of the hotel, Adil knows all the guests, but he must choose between his friendship for Brehan, his job and the secret love he has …for Kim ...”

A COCKTAIL SIGNED VANILLA GIRLS SERIES

This exclusive cocktail recipe has been created by the Barman of Tamassa Lux Resorts for Ingredients: 2 cl blue curacao / 4cl fresh pineapple juice / Sprite / 5cl vodka Method: In a shaker add the blue curacao, pineapple juice and crushed ice; shake it with half a glass with the mixture; add the vodka, ice cubes and a splash of sprite. Serve in slice of pineapple on the glass for decoration. Straw. Drink.

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MAYA, THE RESERVATION MANAGER She is beautiful, young, fresh and efficient. She is Kim’s best friend since their childhood. Neither jealous nor envious she plays the role of confidante. However, her purity attracts men who revolve around her. She resists them with tact and intelligence until…

Kim… listen… you should not be ashamed for being happy

There is the idea that this hotel is a planet on its own and that it’s starting to drift outside the solar system‌

CLIFF, A LITTLE MORE THAN A JUST GROOM Like the rest of the team of this charming hotel, Clifford is a loyal employee for many years. Like them, he observed the game the rich and powerful plays among them, but he adds to it a certain philosophy and keeps his distance from them, that which honours him. Will he defend the weak against the oppressors?

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• DIRECTORS Pion Dussart et Alexandre Leveugle • CHOREOGRAPHER AND FLASHMOB DIRECTOR Clélie Dussart • DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND CAMERA OPERATOR Philippe de Vaucelles • FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA Alexandre Lassemillante • DRONE OPERATOR Régis Lesieur • ELECTRICIAN Richard Vadamootoo Bikram Soorajee • SCRIPT SUPERVISOR Sandrine Lesieur Laure Nelson • CASTING Rtistik / Clelie Leveugle • FIXER Eric Flory TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT SAR Production PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Aurélie Calou EDITORIAL Clélie & Alexandre Leveugle ORIGINAL MUSIC Max Léonidas COSTUMES Clélie Leveugle MAKE UP Olga Brunot FIGURANTS Alexandrine Guillo de Montmège - Hugues de Montmège - Martial Leveugle - Annie Coulon - Valerie Guillot - Ornella Arokeum SPONSORED BY :

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EXTRAS GROUPE LUX* : Caroline Gaud Axelle Mazery Ornella Arokeum HÔTEL TAMASSA : Nitesh Pandey et l'ensemble du personnel ÎLE DES DEUX COCOS : Jagath Kumaranayaka et l'ensemble du personnel RESTAURANT CORAL TREE et son personnel Les co-propriétaires de LA BALISE Marina ET AUSSI Eric Dole - Jean et Sabine de Clerck - Sandra Joubert - Éric Jane - Yohan Durin - Dimitri Huet - David Brunot - Remi Delahaye et Dominique Delahaye - Marine Ferrat - LA CASE À PAIN LE HARAS DU MORNE - Miguel et Caroline Beltran Pascal Engeamme - Dominique Dupont - Onirik Desygn Caroline Bal - Christine Dorchies - Olivia Dessolin - Robynstein Thevenau - Mario Guillot - Laure et Tim Nelson - Corinne Caillaud - Jiri Vanhuynegem - Julien Sinatambou Christopher Teckson Arnaud Sebin.

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