The fourth season of hit french drama call my agent. Just binged watched the three seasons over the past two days, of this rather sweet comedydrama about french film agents and their personal lives. Call my agent dix pour cent call my agent is kind of the french equivalent of the us series entourage. Call my agent dix pour cent colcoa french film festival in. Jan 11, 2019 the success of call my agent or dix pour cent is down to its extrasstyle concept of famous french actors playing themselves in a delightfully selfmocking manner. Nov, 2017 always wanted to mix french learning and binge watching. Call my agent, or dix pour cent, is a french language drama set in a paris casting agency, and it is quietly one of the most outstanding shows on netflix. The film department has prepared a list of some of the best french tv series available on vod platforms as amazon, hulu and netflix. Its well written and acted, modern and fresh but without any politically correct preaching because its french, the same concept made in most other western countries would have been a disaster. One of the best french tv series in recent years, call my agent 10 pour. Dix pour cent, the hit french comedy drama on netflix. For season 2 of call my agent she brought some new writing talent aboard, including her fellow kabul kitchen 2012 staff writer benjamin dupas cowriter of the feature ares, also screening this year at colcoa, the innocentscolcoa 2016 cowriter sabrina b. In the parisian talent agency ask, four eclectic agents fight for the best contracts for their proteges, often crossing the line into private matters. April 11, 2020 francoamerican cultural fund presents colcoa french film festival in hollywood.
Our favorite french netflix series to binge on during. No second chance mini series 6 x 52 actionadventure, thriller, cop. All about beauty in art, music, fashion and advertising. An english language revenge thriller based on french gangster film le. Watch the first episode of the hit french miniseries at this special free screening. Call my agent dix pour cent the new york times described this show as the french hybrid of curb your enthusiasm, entourage and the office. Oct 10, 2019 bron studios has boarded a remake of french comedy call my agent. Call my agent originally made its debut on the france 2 network in france. Those still craving the tv fashion fix of killing eve might currently find some boxset style satisfaction in call my agent. His agent andrea, played by camille cottin, finds that her client has signed a new contract using the name of the character from the last film he.
Its about talent agents working in the glitzy entertainment world in paris. Some of the guest stars in call my agent wont be too familiar to nonfrench viewers, but in the first two series we saw nathalie baye and her daughter laura smet, audrey fleurot of spiral fame, isabelle adjani and juliette binoche. Dix pour cent is chalk full of lively actors, many of which you might recognise, especially the clients, who play themselves. Audrey fleurot call my agent, spiral, the intouchables, french women. Call my agent colcoa french film festival in hollywood. Call my agent, which launched in 2015 on the public france 2 channel, details the daily shenanigans at one of the two biggest fictional film. This channel was generated automatically by youtube s video discovery system. Cinya burton of netflix creative marketing swoons for another french series, the hook up plan. Aurelien larger and harold valentin of parisbased mother production, which. I ve been watching this french drama called call my agent. Every day, andrea, mathias, gabriel, and arlette, agents in.
What makes the series click beyond its film industry satire is the chemistry among the agencys employees. We curated a list of the 8 best tv shows in french available this winter so you can surround yourself with french even on a lazy sunday. Skint french actress beatrice dalle backs yellow vests. France 2 bron studios has boarded a remake of french comedy call my agent. Netflix has considerably enriched its french content recently. Asked whether a feature film could perhaps materialize further down the line, valentin notes that some people talk about it. Dalle, who stars in the hit french television series call my agent. This hourlong drama plays out much like a soap opera, with more realistic problems and concerns. Gabriel scrambles to keep an overbooked isabelle huppert out of trouble when french and american filmmakers schedule shoots for the same night. Feb, 2020 the fourth season of hit french drama call my agent. It generated a lot of discussion, partly by being great, and. Call my agent is a talent management company, representing stylists, makeup artists, hair stylists, groomers, manicurists and multimedia artists. Gregory montel in call my agent 2015 julie gayet and anne eyer in call my. Dix pour cent theme netflix call my agent song youtube.
Always wanted to mix french learning and binge watching. Call my agent, about a talent agency, has been a fantastic calling card, illustrating how much greater cottins range was than clown. French serial about the lives and jobs of people working at a talent agency. The premise follows a young girl from the south of france who gets a job at her fathers agency. Nov 19, 2018 the new season of the popular french series dix pour cent call my agent. The average tomatometer is the sum of all season scores divided by the number of seasons with a tomatometer. Dix pour cent was released on january 4 2019 on netflix. Amid a fresh wave of tabloid scandals and client meltdowns, the agents find their world upended by a wealthy but inexperienced new partner. Call my agent season 3 netflixs best french show returns.
The success of call my agent or dix pour cent is down to its extras style concept of famous french actors playing themselves in a delightfully selfmocking manner. A photo scandal leaves mathias caught between two romantically linked clients. A french language series, its an absolute gem, making. A series gets an average tomatometer when at least 50 percent of its seasons have a score.
Nov 17, 2017 this is the music theme of the netflix series call my agent. Hollywood producers eager to dramatize the life of carlos ghosn, the former nissan chairman who staged a cinematic escape from japan in december, are likely to get a simple response. The sharp, hilarious look at the hell of being an agent already features everyone from juliette binoche to isabelle huppert sending themselves up. Jan 12, 2019 those still craving the tv fashion fix of killing eve might currently find some boxset style satisfaction in call my agent. The new season of the popular french series dix pour cent call my agent. Set in a parisian talent firm called ask, it follows four agents dealing with the dramatic highs and lows of representing the biggest stars in france isabelle adjani, juliette binoche and monica bellucci and. Call my agent, which launched in 2015 on the public france 2 channel, details the daily shenanigans at one of the two biggest fictional film agencies in paris. In paris, france, a group of moviestar agents go about their lives and work, and theyll have to figure out how to carry on with the agency after the passing of their fearless leader. The series focuses on a group of agents who work for ask, a parisian talent agency thats often on the brink of ruin. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of of call my agent. May 09, 2019 call my agent, which launched in 2015 on the public france 2 channel, details the daily shenanigans at one of the two biggest fictional film agencies in paris. The tully studio will produce the series with man in.
It has been broadcast by france 2 since 2015, ici artv in. In this time of confinement, were constantly told to take advantage of this free time to learn new things, maintain social connections, have a video chat with your friends, etc. Nov 11, 2019 netflixs frenchlanguage hit call my agent. Why call my agent is your new tv fashion fix british vogue. At a top paris talent firm, agents scramble to keep their star clients happyand their business afloatafter an unexpected crisis. With themes like sex the borgias, maison close and versailles, murder, suspense braquo, the bureau and witnesses, humor call my agent, and art, they are definitely worth a watch. Sep 10, 2019 call my agent, about a talent agency, has been a fantastic calling card, illustrating how much greater cottins range was than clown. At a top paris talent firm, agents scramble to keep their star clients happy and their business afloat after an unexpected crisis. Moving, funny and sometimes dark, special honors is a feelgood movie in the spirit of the belier family or untouchable. French title dix pour cent is a french television series.
However, none of the others realise that shes his lovechild. And asks harried impresarios are set to weather more crises than ever before in the hotlyanticipated third season of call my agent precious little has been revealed about the upcoming series, which should hit our screens in september. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Ghosn hires hollywood agent michael ovitz for tv, film deals.
Its essentially a gallic answer to entourage, complete with cameos from a number of highprofile french movie stars. The new third series makes plenty of room for jean dujardin, monica bellucci, isabelle huppert and beatrice. Robin dybevik and rae votta, also netflix employees, are obsessed with the spanish series elite. Art and business collide in this spry french comedy when parisian talent agents go to bat for. Every day, andrea, mathias, gabriel, and arlette, agents in the talent agency ask samuel kerr agency, juggle tricky.
But, deeming this title would not mean anything to the general public. The show follows the travails and tribulations of four parisian film agents trying to save. There have been shows about this line of work before, most notably hbos entourage, which portrayed agents as ruthless, superficial, bullshitting stereotypes. Netflix has stepped up their french film game with a new snappy group action comedy, served straight up with a twist. Netflix frenchflicks lagenda des films francais aux. Bron studios boards remake of french comedy call my agent. French tv series available on vod platforms french culture. The characters are human, flawed and likable, their problems relatable. Emma mackey sex education recommends the french series call my agent. For a while now, ive been slightly obsessed with a french show called call my agent. Season three sees the agency continuing to strive to get contracts for top movie stars while balancing their business and personal lives. You and i have complained in the past about how the lions share of french films seemed quite disengaged from whats actually happening in the country.
Call my agent, formerly known as dix pour cent, is the newest international television series to be added to netflix. As originally, call my agent was to be called 10, avenue george v in reference to the former premises of the famous agency artmedia. It was created by fanny herrero and dominique besnehard. Set in a parisian talent firm called ask, it follows four agents dealing with the dramatic highs and lows of representing the biggest stars in france isabelle. Call my agent tv series 2015 the movie database tmdb. According to forbes the show is one of the best tv shows and movies for january 2019. Theyve made us giggle, and cringe, bending over backwards to cater to the whims of capricious luvvies. The storylines for this comedic series come from the lived experience of cocreator dominique besnehard, who was one of the most wellknown talent agents in france. Anyone a fan of french netflix tv series call my agent. The first two episodes of the first season of call my agent. For everyone in show biz and those who love to watch it satirized, this eminently credible, entertaining series centers on the paris talent agency ask, the private and personal lives of its competitive employees, vicissitudes of deal making, and the often colorful actors it represents. International premiere tv series comedy france, 2017.
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