Saturday, September 19, 2020

Call My Agent Netflix 3 seasons



Now streaming on Netflix is a charming, funny French series placed inside a fictitious talent agency which is filled with a vast array of talented actors and snappy story lines. Inspired and influenced by those great Hollywood screwball comedies of the thirties and forties there is even a small dog named Jean Gabin belonging to one of the agents which of course will bring to mind many of those rollicking classics. Created with love and affection by a large creative crew including many women who bring a strong feminist slant to the show including many strong female characters. Much of the humor comes from the many famous French actors and actresses who make cameo appearances playing themselves and who are more than willing to poke fun at themselves including Isabelle Huppert, Beatrice Dalle,Juliette Binoche, Nathalie Baye, Jean Dujardin and Isabelle Adjani. The agents are also played by a group of attractive performers all unknown to me and are wonderful in talent and appearance and are a mixture of straight and gay and nothing is off the table. There are intrigues, backstabbing, lies, and conflicts with plenty of ridiculous situations. The standout agents for me were Camille Cottin, beautiful with her prominent nose and style and adamant in her gayness, and the great Lilane Rovere as the oldest one among the group who when young was a lover of Chet Baker's and is the young woman in the most famous photo of Baker, and serves as a nice plot twist. You won't forget her then and now. Filmed mostly in the agency named ASK but with some beautiful on location scenes of Paris. Running for three seasons with a 4th one promised I hope.

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