1-Hour Dramatic Spy Thriller
LOGLINE: Spanning across decades and personas, the audacious true story of pioneering secret agents Virginia Hall and Gustave “Guy” Biéler — a disabled American and Canadian recruited by the British to operate covertly in Nazi-occupied France. They remain largely invisible in history, but their bold feats saw them hunted by the infamous Gestapo known at the Butcher of Lyon, who labelled them as the Allies’ “most dangerous” spies.
PERSONA is a multi-layered espionage narrative. Disguised as a spy thriller, filled with intrigue and covert missions, in reality it’s a gripping character drama that asks profound moral questions that continue to resonate today.
Meticulously researched to blend fact and fiction, the series a re-imagination of hidden figures in our history. It flips today's typical espionage narratives on their heads while honouring the ingenuity and indomitable spirit of VIRGINIA HALL and Gustave “Guy” Biéler— a Canadian and American who operated as British spies during World War II, fundamentally shaping secret warfare.
Based around the quiet moments in micro-spycraft that existed in this pioneering period of espionage as warfare, PERSONA showcases a theatre of conflict atypical to what we usually see depicted on-screen. This is a world of camaraderie, romance, greed, jealousy, grudges and betrayal populated with flesh-and-blood heroes and villains who authentically (and, at times, uncomfortably) speak to truths of our humanity — and our inhumanity.
Developed for Play Media and. Henri Flèche Productions.
