At the heart of the successful documentary series The agency broadcast on TMC and Netflix and now a spin-off The agency, new destinationsthe Kretz family is regularly the target of criticisms that point to the fictitious character of certain sequences. A point against which Valentin Kretz is once again climbed to the niche.
The back of the decor. In his latest issue on TF1, the magazine Seven to eight became interested in the Kretz family. This family of luxury real estate agents has been followed since 2020 by the cameras of TMC as part of the docu-reality The agencywhose season 5 broadcast a few months ago brought together on average one million viewers. Above all, the format available also on Netflix Cartonne since it is doubled in English and subtitled in 35 languages! But, success forces, the Kretz were the target of recurring criticisms, especially those of slums, according to which they would stage certain sales or would arrange with reality, as for example was the case when they showed a property that belonged to the producer Dove Attia. Which attracted the wrath of the principal interested in them, furious to see his name be delivered without authorization. “They say prices that are a false complement and it’s staged “had castigated the interested party on Europe 1. Since then, the Kretz have apologized.
“Everything is true, we are a real family“: The Kretz react once again to the droce accusations in The agency
The journalist of Seven to eight therefore took advantage of his presence among the Kretz to ask them if everything we see in The agency is very true. “”Everything is true, we are a real family“, assured the eldest of the siblings of four children, Martin. And it was his brother Valentin, with whom he also launched the spin-off The agency, new destinationswho was responsible for developing his response. “”It is true that there are some technical constraints which make us repeat from time to time some sequences, of course. When you want quality, well you have to repeat“He agreed.
“We are not always in Live“: why some sequences of The agency are reconstructed, Valentin Kretz is justified
While admitting that certain sequences are reconstituted for the needs of the program: “From time to time, we have an extraordinary sale, which was not filmed. We want to have it so much on the screen thatIt is reconstituted a few hours or the next day. So there you go, we are not always in live. We have customers that we cannot film like that live. We need the authorizations!“And despite these recurring criticisms, the Kretz business has never been so flourishing. They now supervise a network of 120 real estate agents positioned all over the world, as the subject of TF1 pointed out to be replay on the TF1+platform.