It is a beautiful anniversary that TF1 is about to celebrate. That of the 25 years of the piece They love each other, directed by Muriel Robin and co-written with Pierre Palmade. The latter played there with Michèle Laroque. This work has become a cult trilogy with the sequels They loved each otherand They love each other again. Thus, Carson Prod and 13-34 Productions wished to adapt it to television, with the permission of the wife of Anne Le Nen and Pierre Palmade, for a unit baptized They love each other…well, almost! “I knew the authors Agnès Boury and Thomas Maurion, in charge of the adaptation, and we trusted them completely.“, confided the latter to TV Star. And the result will be revealed this Monday, April 18, 2022.
For this ambitious project, viewers of the first channel will not see the Pierre Palmade/Michèle Laroque couple on the screen. For the occasion, five new couples have been formed in order to offer an anthology of emblematic sketches from plays, re-adapted for the small screen. Thus, viewers will have the pleasure of seeing Muriel Robin Argue with Pierre Arditi. Audrey Fleurot and Michaël Youn will be at the center of a story of infidelity before their marriage, while Claudia Tagbo and Florent Peyre will do everything to succeed in their separation. As for Pierre Palmade and Carole Bouquetit is the relationship with the in-laws that will be at the heart of their story. Michele Laroque will try to convince Arnaud Ducret of his legitimacy behind the wheel.
All reside in the same building managed by the concierge Francois Berleand who, with the housekeeper Julie Depardieu, observes these couples in their hectic daily lives. Director Hervé Brami also had the pleasure of directing the late Jean-Pierre Pernaut and his wife Nathalie Marquay. Line Renaud, the partner of Muriel Robin Anne Le Nen, Frédérique Bel, Norman, Rayane Bensetti, Hugues Aufray, Nikos Aliagas, Claire Nadeau, Tom Villa, Elie Semoun, Bénabar, Nicole Calfan and Julie Ferrier complete this five-star cast. Filming took place last October in the Paris region… in just twelve days. “Basically it’s two days per couple“, specified the director to TV Magazine. “We had to find the main theme, namely bad faith and all the little quirks of the couple. I then imagined the duo François Berléand and Julie Depardieu as a common thread, two guardian angels trying to mend everyone“, continued Hervé Brami.
Pierre Palmade and Muriel Robin confident
Pierre Palmade and Muriel Robin, the historical parents of this story, were therefore “average actors” and gave their total confidence to the teams. As proof, the 66-year-old French comedian, actress, director and director did not feel the need to read the script beforehand. “When we see the characters embodied, it does something special to us. I can’t wait to be in front of my TV on the evening of the broadcast to see how the authors have ‘retricited’ all this“, she confided to TV Magazine.
Questioned by our colleagues from Gala (edition of April 14), Pierre Palmade admitted that at the time when Muriel Robin and he wrote They love each other, they did not know what the couple was. So they were inspired by people around them”who argued”. “Since then, I have experienced love stories and if I were to write again on the same theme, there would be fewer arguments. I would put a little more tenderness, pretty moments and bouquets of flowers“, confessed the 54-year-old man. But who cares since their stories have had a lot of success in the theater, something to make him proud. “I would have done something cult in my life. It’s very intimidating, I blush when I’m told“, he concluded.