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Quick Info

Rating

6.1/10

Release2008

Seasons1

Episodes2

StatusEnded

Networks

Canal+

Production

Prodigy Pictures

Cipango

TV Show

XIII

6.1

2008

Action & Adventure

Crime

Synopsis

The first female US President Sally Sheridan is shot dead by a sniper during her Veterans Day speech. Her assassin narrowly escapes the scene with his life, national security hot on his heels - or so it seems. Three months later, an elderly couple discover the body of a wounded man in a tree, wearing a parachute. The young man cannot remember the slightest thing about his own identity.

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