One to Watch: Diamond Crime Thriller set in Antwerp
January 11, 22
(IDEX Online) - Rough diamonds take a starring role in a new crime thriller, Hidden Assets, shot in Antwerp and Ireland.
A small-time drug dealer has been receiving substantial funding from a seemingly untraceable source — not in cash, but in rough diamonds linked to a series of bombings in Belgium.
The six-part drama, starring Irish actress Angeline Ball, is about "family, power and the corrosive effects of boundless greed".
It has already aired on RTÉ One in Ireland. Release dates have yet to be confirmed elsewhere, but it will be broadcast by Acorn TV in the US and the BBC in the UK.
"A routine raid led by a detective in the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau reveals that a small-time drug dealer has been receiving substantial funding from a seemingly untraceable source — not in cash, but in rough diamonds," says the synopsis.
"When these diamonds are linked to a series of bombings in Belgium, Emer is forced to work with Police Commissioner Christian De Jong. Eventually banding together, they unravel a political conspiracy fuelling domestic unrest for financial gain; caught up in this web of greed are the Brannigans, a wealthy Irish dynasty with ties to Antwerp."
Pic courtesy BBC