''Dealer'' () is a 2021 French television series created by Ange Basterga and Nicolas Lopez that premiered on

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on 10 March 2021. The series consists of 10 episodesWhere Is Dealer Filmed?
thecinemaholic.com, 10 March 2021

Synopsis

Tony is a young rapper and leader of an organized criminal gang dealing

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and other narcotics in a city in

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. The label of his record company sends him a director, Franck and a cameraman, Thomas, to shoot a clip. The two men become witnesses to a gang war.

Cast and characters

* Abderamane Diakhite as Tony * Mohamed Boudouh as Moussa * Sébastien Houbani as Franck * Idir Azougli as Steve * Julien Meurice as Thomas * Abdillah Assoumani as Mabs * Mohamed Souare as Kylian * Yvan Sorel as Blanche Neige *

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as the voice of Thomas * Alexy Brun as Alex * Nazim Kaabeche as Zimo * Romain Vissol as the voice of Bruno du label * Siti Hamadi as Jess * Houda Salhi as Houda * Kilian Da Costa as Kilian * Jafar Moughanim as Ahmed

Episodes

Production

Nicolas Lopez, originally from the city of

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, and Ange Basterga, a

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n who grew up in

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, invested all their savings to write, direct and self-produce the film ''Caïd'' in 2017. The film was only entitled to 4 days of shooting with non-professional actors. ''Caïd'' won the prize for Best Feature Film at the Festival Polar de Cognac. The production company FrenchKiss Pictures and Netflix decided to make a series. The two directors rewrote the story with Nicolas Peufaillit (''

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'' by

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) in 10 episodes of 10 minutes. They shot again in Martigues in 2020 with the same crew of actors with a found footage technique.

References

External links

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