THE naughty also have the right to their hour of glory : Under the Seine did not seduce French critics, far from it, but with its 102 million viewshe is became the second most viewed non-English film on Netflix. Enough to repeat the experience? Some spectators would have done without it, but the actress Bérénice Bejowho plays the title role, confirmed to La Tribune Sunday the sequel to the shark film. Stop flopping and sinking.
A different film “but still with a shark”
« In September 2025, we will tour Under the Seine 2 »thus confirmed Bérénice Bejo during this long interview. The actress, known worldwide since the success of The Artist was able to slip in some details on the subject of this new opus. “ It won't be a simple sequel. This is another film, very different… but always with a shark », she confirms. At the same time, how to do without.
A few days after the release of Under the Seinea sequel had already been outlined by its director, Xavier Gens (Farang, Hostile). Asked by Varietythe French filmmaker had affirmed that he was not yet working on it, but that discussions were to take place soon. He explained in particular that, if there were to be a sequel, it would take place “ in a Paris completely submerged underwater “. Because yes, spoiler, it is with this delirious image that the thriller ended, leaving us absolutely perplexed… But already more enthusiastic than at the beginning.
A breathtaking final cliffhanger
Released just before a summer marked by the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the plot of the thriller had nothing anecdotal: by imagining the intrusion of a giant shark in the waters of the capital's river, Under the seine surfed on the rumor of a Paris inexperienced, dirty, dangerous. As evidenced by one of his last scenes, in which the team of marine biologists, unable to ward off the beast, helplessly attended the banquet of the super-killer fish – Lilithfrom its harmless name – during thetriathlon eventwhich indeed took place in the Seine on Wednesday July 31. A missed tooth of the Seine, frightening but ridiculous.
Then the film ended on a cliffhanger médusant. In close-up, we discovered the two heroes stranded and surrounded by not one, but BY, sharks, in a Paris submerged by water after a series of chain explosions. Misunderstood work, assumed turnipboth ? At the time, we had slice. As grotesque as it is surprising, this ending was nevertheless given a certain audacity, and now that a second opus is on track, not to mention in a hurry, we remain curious to see what happens next: will they dare to stage the cohabitation between Parisians and sharks ?
