A French series crowned best comic series at the prestigious international Emmy Awards, we must admit, we had not seen the blow coming. Detective or fantasy genre series like Ghosts and Gears had won a prize but never in this category.
It is precisely the 4th season that received this award. With guest-stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, or Sandrine, who laughs at herself trying to do stand-up. That’s all the salt of this series created in 2015: showing behind the scenes of showbiz, with real showbiz actors and agents who develop their careers.
An idea from the former artistic agent, Dominique Besnehard:
“I think that what appeals to people is a little ‘The Rules of the Game’ by Jean Renoir. That is to say: there are the wealthy, the nobles, but sometimes we don’t know that goes on behind the scenes, especially in the kitchens. And the little hands of the kitchens, that’s what interests the public as well. “
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There are many stars to have come to interpret their own role: Isabelle Huppert who shoots three films at the same time, Françoise Fabian and her worst enemy Line Renaud, or Cécile de France who hesitates to do a facelift. This is the secret of the series according to Dominique Besnehard:
“That’s the beautiful things of the series, is that you suddenly enter their privacy. Their privacy of work, of panic. The public also needs to identify with these stories. When we had cosmetic surgery with Cécile de France, these are questions that ask the general public. There are women who are older than Cécile de France who must ask themselves if they should have a facelift.
Dominique Besnehard also has regrets: “Gérard Depardieu did not come. I thought it would have been like a symbol of cinema for him to come. But hey, he didn’t come. I’m not going to beg him. It would have been very good. He had five days to go “.
Season 4 was to be the last. Finally we leave, first on a 90 minutes with the American actor Kevin Kline and Camille Cottin who meet in New York. Ten percent has finally earned its stripes in 120 territories, thanks to Netflix. Funny situation for France Télévisions which had allowed the project to be carried out and sees the coverage stolen by the American major.