Riviera (Sky Atlantic 2017, Julia Stiles, Adrian Lester)

Julia Stiles (The Bourne movies) leads an international all-star cast in this high-end drama made for Sky Atlantic. Created by Academy Award-winning writer Neil Jordan (The Borgias, The Crying Game), the eight-part thriller follows the moral descent of smart and resourceful art curator Georgina Clios (Stiles), who discovers her vast fortune is tainted by dishonesty, double-dealing and murder when her billionaire husband is killed in a mysterious explosion on board a Russian oligarch’s mega-yacht.

As she sets out to uncover what happened, stark truths about her husband emerge and she is led deep into the dark world of the Riviera’s super-rich. There, she must learn to adapt, survive and ultimately thrive if she is to save the Clios family and fortune from both its enemies and itself.

Directed by Philipp Kadelbach (Generation War, SS-GB) and Damon Thomas (Penny Dreadful), this lavish and cinematic drama also stars Adrian Lester (Undercover, London Spy), Lena Olin (Vinyl), Dimitri Leonidas (The Monuments Men), Phil Davis (Poldark, Sherlock), Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones), Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace), Nick Rowe (Da Vinci’s Demons), Amr Waked (Spiral) and Roxane Duran (The White Ribbon).

cast
Julia Stiles as Georgina Clios
Adrian Lester
Lena Olin
Phil Davis
Dimitri Leonidas
Iwan Rheon
Anthony LaPaglia
Nick Rowe
Amr Waked
Roxane Duran

key behind the scenes crew
Neil Jordan as Creator / Executie Producer
Paul McGuinness as Original Idea / Executive Producer
Liza Marshall as Executive Producer
Kris Thykier as Executive Producer

show type
Thriller

broadcast from
2017
1 season with 8 episodes in total

network and production companies
Sky Atlantic

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