No more little secrets from the agents of movie stars, the creators behind “Ten Percent” are now drawing the curtain behind the scenes of Parisian cabarets. Once again produced by Dominique Besnehard, and directed by Marc Fitoussi, “That is Paris” will tell the daily story of a magazine in the capital which is struggling, behind the magic of frills and sequins. Highly anticipated since the disclosure of its original script, the event mini-series will be available to discover from Wednesday November 27, 2024 on France 2. Its six episodes will be available in preview on the francetv platform. This will be an opportunity to dive into a universe still unexplored on the small screen, with the setting of the famous “Paradis Latin” as a backdrop.
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Alex Lutz, Nicolas Maury and Charlotte de Turckheim in the casting
In this fiction, the music hall is called “Le Tout-Paris”, an emblematic establishment run by Gaspard Berthille (played by Alex Lutz) which has experienced a drop in attendance since the pandemic. The cabaret must therefore reinvent itself to save itself, and the owner of the place will have to make strong choices to escape the dire destiny that awaits him. In addition to playing the irresistible Catherine in the duo with Liliane, Nicolas Maury, Monica Bellucci, Alex Lutz, Charlotte de Turckheim and Anne Marivin make up the five-star cast of this self-deprecating production that wants to play with clichés. sometimes making cabarets look ridiculous.
The series saw its filming interrupted several times in 2023 due to a strike by intermittent audiovisual technicians. “Three days is starting to be a lot, it requires changing the entire work plan”lamented Dominique Besnehard in the columns of “Parisien”. The famous producer was nevertheless able to complete his project, which counts on the music of Bertrand Burgalat and the choreographies of the ex-professor of the “Star Academy”, Kamel Ouali, to immerse viewers in the middle of this flamboyant troupe . For the same success as “Ten percent”?
