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Sophie: A Murder in West Cork
Netflix have announced a brand new documentary series about one of Ireland s most famous murders.
Sophie: A Murder in West Cork will examine the murder of French documentary producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier, in 1996.
Sophie’s brutal murder in one of the most beautiful and remote regions of Ireland shocked the country in 1996.
Over the next two and a half decades, the story became a national obsession in both Ireland and France.
With access both to the victim s family and those involved in the story, the series unravels this extraordinary story.
Wednesday, 19th May 2021 at 4:34 pm
Upcoming true crime documentary series Sophie: A Murder in West Cork will be released on Netflix on 30th of June, the streamer has announced.
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Examining the murder of French documentary producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in Ireland in 1996, the three-part documentary series is produced by Oscar-winning producer of Man on Wire Simon Chinn and features contributions from Sophie’s family, including her son Pierre-Louis Baudey.
“With access both to the victim’s family and those involved in the story, the series unravels this extraordinary story from its beginning and offers a unique window into the ongoing battle to find justice for Sophie,” Netflix says.
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Netflix to drop gripping true crime doc Sophie: A Murder in West Cork about notorious unsolved Irish murder next month
Sophie Blackman
May 19 2021, 15:57 ET
NETFLIX has announced it is dropping a chilling documentary uncovering the brutal murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.
The three-part series examines the case after the French documentary producer and writer was beaten to death at the age of 39, outside her holiday home near Toormore, Schull, County Cork, Ireland, on the night of 23 December 1996.
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