“La Minute Vieille” takes on the Belgian accent this summer on Arte

Last and final season of There Minute Old on Arte, this summer. For the occasion, the summer series takes place in Belgium, which does not prevent us from returning to the genesis of this short program.

The bias has not changed: a breeding ground for known jokes; beautiful sets, representing the personality of each, static shots with basic editing, the actresses being responsible for energizing the scene, 3 or 4 “old women” per episode, just to vary the pleasures.

Behind the scenes, Fabrice Maruca, the creator and director of the series The Minute Old, inspired by one of his short films, specifies that the jokes are rewritten a lot.

Not easy indeed to stall on the duration of two minutes, to manage the referrals of balls between the actresses, and to find a good fall. The whole represents some two months of writing. Then, during filming, the takes are numerous, up to 15, for the same sentence. It’s not a matter of text. Fabrice Maruca has chosen to work with headsets.

This summer until August 25, The Minute Old on Arte is Belgian, with 30 unreleased episodes. Only Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays at 8:45 p.m.