PITCH&PLAY SERIES+ and Official Partner Bavaria Media International today present three titles from the catalog of the German distributor. German thriller Underdogs is among the new proposals in the Crime Collection, together with the Austrian police series Cold Valleys set in the Alpine countryside. Codex 632 is a new co-production between Portugal and Brazil based on the international bestseller by José Rodrigues dos Santos.


Codex 632
(https://pitchplay.tv/seriesplus/105)

Genre: Thriller, 6x45'

An intrepid linguistics professor investigates a 500 year-old mystery that turns out to be a dangerous secret with national and international implications to what he discovers.

Thomás Noronha is an excellent cryptologist and linguist at the University of Lisbon, respected and admired for his high level of competency. Far from being a bookish introvert, he is already accustomed to academic conflict, some level of political intrigue and juggling a complicated life.


Underdogs
(https://pitchplay.tv/seriesplus/107)

Genre: Crime Collection, 4x90'

Gritty detective thrillers playing at untangling deep psychological knots through unexpected turns of human darkness, all while struggling to solve the next bizarre murder.

Multifaceted and especially psychological detective series with regional and atmospheric grit and the feel of a contemporary Expressionism. Generations-old feuds still smolder today. Revenge and running away from it fill the air. Modern themes and many shades of darkness and secrecy create significant tensions to be resolved at the end.


Cold Valleys
(https://pitchplay.tv/seriesplus/106)

Genre: Crime Collection, 10x90'

Two Austrian police officers from very different sides of the tracks make for an unlikely team to solve the twisted rural crimes in the insular Alpine countryside.

Two dyed-in-the-wool Austrian police officers from very different sides of the tracks make for an unlikely team to solve the twisted rural crimes in the insular Alpine countryside. Their age difference, innuendo and general teasing make for a charming and often witty friction – they get along in a peculiar way.