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COLCOA TELEVISION
BARON NOIR
Season 1 - Episodes 1 & 2
TV Series/Political Thriller , 2016
Runtime: 1 hr 45 min
North American Premiere
Directed by: Ziad Doueiri
Written by: Eric Benzekri, Jean-Baptiste Delafon
Cast: Kad Merad, Niels Arstrup, Anna Mouglalis, Astrid Whettnall
Synopsis:
Canal+ steps up their game with this high-budget political thriller from veteran TV scribe Jean-Baptiste Delafon and politician-turned-writer Eric Benzekri. The award- winning Lebanese feature director Ziad Doueiri (The Attack, COLCOA 2013) rounds out the creative team. Comedian Kad Merad puts in a serious turn as Philippe Rickwaert, an ambitious political operator with eyes on becoming the next head of the Socialist Party. But his good friend Francis Laugier (Niels Arestrup, A Prophet) throws him under the bus to save his own political skin. Rickwaert will have to use all his political savvy, cultivating quid pro quos from everyone, including the police and organized crime, in order to exact his revenge. Advance word has this as the French House of Cards, but Benzekri insists he was inspired more by Sopranos and The West Wing. Emphasizing realism, it is the first fiction series in France to use actual political party names and to base storylines on real events.
PLEASE BE ADVISED: THERE IS NO RSVP OR TICKET TO ATTEND THIS SCREENING. Guests will be seated on a "First Come, First Serve" basis. Seating is limited. We suggest arriving at least 30 mins before the screening begins to secure a seat.