''Represent'' (in French: ''En place'') is a 2023 French comedy television series created by

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and François Uzan and directed by Zadi, and starring Zadi,

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, and

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. It premiered on 20 January 2023.

Premise

Cast and characters

– Stéphane Blé *

– William Crozon *

– Éric Andréi * Fadily Camara – Marion Blé * Panayotis Pascot – Jérôme *

Marina Foïs Marina Sylvie Foïs (born 21 January 1970) is a French actress. Life and career Born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in a family from Russian people, Russian, Egyptian Jews, Jewish Egyptian, German people, German a ...

– Corinne Douanier * Fary – Désiré * Souad Arsane – Yasmine * Jean-Claude Muaka – Mo * Saabo Balde – Lamine * Pasquale d'Inca – Didier * Salimata Kamate – Simone * Sylvestre Amoussou – Claude * Pierre-Emmanuel Barré – Fred Cognard *

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– Étienne Durandeau * Sean Guégan – Nathan Fronck * Patrick Puydebat – Cop *

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– Himself *

Alain Marshall Alain may refer to: People * Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Alain (surname) * "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein * Alain, a standard author abbreviation u ...

– Himself *

Anne-Sophie Lapix Anne-Sophie Lapix (born 29 April 1972) is a French journalist and television presenter mainly for the French news program on France 2. She used to deputise for Claire Chazal, presenting the evening news bulletin ('' Journal de 20 heures'') on ...

– Himself *

Virginie Guilhaume Virginie Guilhaume (born 30 November 1977) is a French television presenter. Television career Education and beginnings on France 2 Virginie Guilhaume graduated from the École supérieure de journalisme de Paris. She began her career as a p ...

– Himself *

Sébastien Thoen Sébastien is a common French given name. It is a French form of the Latin name ''Sebastianus'' meaning "from Sebaste". Sebaste was a common placename in classical Antiquity, derived from the Greek word ''σεβαστος'', or ''sebastos'', mea ...

– Himself *

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– Gynecologist

Episodes

Season 1 (2023)

Season 2 (2024)

Reception

In a review in ''

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claimed that "''Represent'' draws its over-all force from a surprising and audacious idea: an attempt to define, and to redefine, France's political left". The newspaper ''

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'' had a favorable review, with some reservations: "After three furiously funny episodes (...), the series weakens to make way for less political digressions".

References

External links

* * {{Netflix original current series 2020s French comedy television series French-language television shows Netflix original programming Television shows set in France Television shows set in Paris 2023 French television series debuts