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Join Telegram Channel“Frankly, I wouldn’t want to be in their place.” The three-César actress no longer sees women and politicians in the same light since she filmed the France 2 series.
Exhilarating dive into French political life, In the Shadow benefited from the expertise ofEdward Philippe and his former advisor from Matignon, Gilles Boyerboth credited as screenwriters.
Despite this very rare mix of genres, the actress Karin Viard assures that “This series is not intended to make a political statement. It just shows how the exercise of politics is confronted with the vagaries of everyone's lives.…”
And for the interpreter of Marie-France Trémeau, member of the hard fringe of the Right in the series, In the Shadow functioned as a form of revelation for her. Met at the last Séries Mania festival, Karin Viard tells us that he has changed his outlook on the political world since this very special filming:
“Absolutely !” she says. “When you're an actor, you have the chance to go behind the scenes. From afar obviously, but we access something that puts us in a situation. From the outside, there is this idea of “all rotten politicians”, who play for themselves etc. But after doing this series, I was able to see an investment, a self-sacrifice.” And the actress insists: *
“It's not necessarily the environment where we earn the most money. And with the ambient cynicism and the murderous sentences that rain down all day long, I believe that it is a priesthood to be a politician today “Today, we don't go there like that, to make money or become famous. It calls for a deeper commitment and frankly, I wouldn't want to be in their place.”
Dans L'Ombre, mini-series in 6 episodes to watch on France from Wednesday October 30 and already available in full on France.tv.