Parlement (TV series)
| Parlement | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Noé Debré |
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| Country of origin | France Belgium Germany |
| Original languages | French English German |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 26 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | france.tv |
| Release | April 9, 2020 |
Parlement is a comedy television series about the inner workings of the European Parliament. It was created by Noé Debré, co-produced in France, Belgium and Germany, and first broadcast in April 2020 on france.tv, the VOD platform of France Télévisions. The show is simultaneously performed in French, English and German.[3][4][5]
The series recounts the adventures and misadventures of Samy Kantor, a young French parliamentary assistant, who arrives for his first day in Brussels just after the Brexit referendum. Samy is completely inexperienced, but somehow finds himself responsible for getting an amendment on shark finning passed by the European Parliament. His task is not helped by the fact that his boss, the MEP Michel Specklin, is both incompetent and indifferent. Samy is obliged to learn quickly how to make the right alliances.[3][4][5]
Seasons[edit]
The first season was broadcast in Germany on One in September 2020.[6]
The second season was filmed between July and September 2021[7] and broadcast online in France from May 2022[8] and online in Germany from October 2022 as well as on One in October and November 2022.[9]
The third season was filmed in autumn 2022,[8] partially in Berlaymont, the Commission headquarters.[10]
Cast[edit]
- Xavier Lacaille as Samy
- Liz Kingsman as Rose
- Philippe Duquesne as Michel
- William Nadylam as Eamon
- Christiane Paul as Ingeborg
- Lucas Englander as Torsten
- Jane Turner as Sharon
- Niccolo Senni as Guido
- Carole Weyers as Janet
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Keslassy, Elsa (12 February 2019). "Noe Debré's Political Satire 'Parlement' Ordered by France Televisions's VOD Service". Variety. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Parlement". Cineuropa. Creative Europe MEDIA. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ a b Rankin, Jennifer (May 4, 2020). "EU must be joking: TV comedy shines new light on Brussels". The Guardian.
- ^ a b Baume, Maïa de La (April 11, 2020). "European Parliament looks in the TV mirror". POLITICO.
- ^ a b Keslassy, Elsa (April 9, 2020). "France Televisions Distribution Bows Sales on Post-Brexit Satire 'Parliament,' Unveils Trailer". variety.
- ^ Minkmar, Nils (2020-09-29). "ARD-Serie "Parlament" : Szenen aus dem europäischen Schmelzkäse". Spiegel online (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ^ "Parlament" geht weiter – Drehstart für 2. Staffel". www1.wdr.de (in German). 21 July 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ a b Baÿt-Darcourt, Célyne (9 May 2022). ""Parlement" : la série drôle et intelligente qui va vous faire aimer les institutions européennes". Franceinfo (in French). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "ONE zeigt die zweite Staffel der Grimme-Preis-gekrönten Serie "Parlament" - Presselounge - WDR". presse.wdr.de (in German). 13 September 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/parlement-tv-show-extras
- ^ "Casting Parlement S01". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links[edit]
- Official site — france.tv(in French)
- Parlement at IMDb
