“I had a pretty dark year, both professionally and personally…” Cécile Bois explains why her Made in France character was welcome

France 2 is offering this Wednesday, January 22, episodes 3 and 4 of Made in Francewith Cécile Bois, Thierry Neuvic and Antonia Desplat. And for the interpreter of Candice Renoirthis solar character arrived at the right time, as she explains in an interview.

Last Wednesday January 15, France 2 launched its new series Made in France (our opinion). At the casting, Cécile Bois plays Rita, a mother devoted to Olivier (Thierry Neuvicthe “bastard of history” in her own words), to whom she has been married for 30 years. But one day, she discovers that he is cheating on her with a certain Olympe Costa (Antonia Desplatdaughter of the famous composer Alexandre Desplat), a young and pretty businesswoman, who works for the luxury leather goods house Valières. Rita then decides to be hired by the latter, and discovers a vocation thanks, in particular, to the dog Jean-Pierre, an adorable pug…

“I had a pretty dark 2023, both professionally and personally…” Cécile Bois explains why her Made in France character was welcome

A role of a scorned woman but with effective and very funny punchlines into which Cécile Bois slipped with relish, as can be felt on the screen. Above all, a welcome proposition for the actress, as she confided in an interview with Télé Star. “I had a deep need for comedy” she blurted out to our colleagues. “I had a pretty dark 2023, for both professional and personal reasons” – our colleagues recall that the actress had announced, on Instagram, the sudden disappearance of her brother-in-law – “I needed lightness“.

“These were cop stories!” Cécile Bois explains why she was so seduced by Made in France

But if Made in France turns out to be a comedy, it is also a feminist and questioning series. “It is an intelligent fiction which, under the guise of lightness, interweaves small and large stories“recalls Cécile Bois.”But it was the comedy and the love relationship that seduced me into reading. And it was a cop story!“For the record, the first evening of Made in France brought together 2.92 million viewers on average over the first two episodes, or 15.8% of the public in front of their television screen. This, without counting consumption on france.TV, since the entirety of season 1 has been available for several weeks on the group's platform…