Fiasco (TV series)
{{Short description|2024 French comedy television miniseries}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Fiasco (2024) poster.jpg
| caption = Promotional poster
| genre = Comedy
| creator = {{Plainlist|
- Igor Gotesman
- Pierre Niney
}}
| writer = {{Plainlist|
- Igor Gotesman
- Pierre Niney
- Nicolas Slomka
- Tania Gotesman
}}
| director = Igor Gotesman
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Pierre Niney
- François Civil
- Géraldine Nakache
- Pascal Demolon
- Leslie Medina
- Louise Coldefy
- Juliette Gasquet
- Djimo
- Marie-Christine Barrault
- Vincent Cassel
- Igor Gotesman
}}
| music = {{Plainlist|
- Paul-Marie Barbier
- Julien Grunberg
}}
| country = France
| language = French
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 7
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer =
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Igor Gotesman
- Pierre Niney
- Jérôme Cendron
}}
| editor = Stéphan Couturier
| location =
| cinematography = Julien Roux
| camera =
| runtime = 35 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist|
- Five Dogs
- Ninety Films
}}
| network = Netflix
| released = {{Start date|2024|04|30|df=y}}
}}
Fiasco is a 2024 French comedy miniseries created, written and directed by Igor Gotesman, co-created and co-written by Pierre Niney for Netflix. It stars Niney, François Civil, Gotesman, Géraldine Nakache, Louise Coldefy, Leslie Medina, Pascal Demolon, Juliette Gasquet, Djimo, Marie-Christine Barrault, and Vincent Cassel. The series had its world premiere at the Canneseries Festival on 8 April 2024, and was released on Netflix on 30 April 2024. It received four nominations at the 2024 French Association of Series Critics Awards.
Plot
Raphaël Valande is shooting his directorial debut film to pay tribute to his grandmother, who was a member of the French Resistance. Things starts to go wrong on the set and the shooting becomes a nightmare when a member of the team tries to sabotage the film, while everything is captured by a behind-the-scenes film crew.
Cast
- Pierre Niney as Raphaël Valande{{Cite web |last=Guichard |first=Albane |date=24 February 2023 |title="Fiasco" en tournage pour Netflix avec Pierre Niney et François Civil |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/culture/article/fiasco-en-tournage-pour-netflix-avec-pierre-niney-et-francois-civil_214510.html |website=HuffPost |language=fr |access-date=18 December 2023 |archive-date=11 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311084600/https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/culture/article/fiasco-en-tournage-pour-netflix-avec-pierre-niney-et-francois-civil_214510.html |url-status=live }}
- François Civil as Tom / Bartabé{{Cite web |author=SensCritique |date=28 March 2024 |title=On a fait le plein de recos avec the one and only François Civil à l'occasion de la sortie au cinéma de PAS DE VAGUES, dans lequel il incarne un professeur accusé à tort de harcèlement par l'une de ses élèves. Et comme à chaque fois, c'était un super moment. |url=https://twitter.com/SensCritique/status/1773344917667901534 |website=Twitter |language=fr |time=1:35}}
- Géraldine Nakache as Magali Verès
- Pascal Demolon as Jean-Marc Torrosian
- Leslie Medina as Ingrid Flamenbaum
- Marie-Christine Barrault as Huguette Valande
- Louise Coldefy as Ludivine
- Juliette Gasquet as Gabrielle
- Djimo as Karim
- Vincent Cassel as Robin Jacomet
- Igor Gotesman as Slice
- Claire Chazal as herself
Production
= Development =
The series was created, written and directed by Igor Gotesman, co-created and co-written by Pierre Niney,{{Cite web |last=Lemercier |first=Fabien |date=24 March 2023 |title=Netflix rolls out the big guns at the Series Mania Forum |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/440409/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=18 December 2023 |archive-date=18 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218224641/https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/440409/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Calendrier de sorties - Séries (France) |url=https://about.netflix.com/fr/news/series-slate-france |access-date=18 December 2023 |website=Netflix |language=fr |archive-date=23 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523055044/https://about.netflix.com/fr/news/series-slate-france |url-status=live }} and co-written by Nicolas Slomka and Tania Gotesman. It was co-produced by Five Dogs and Ninety Films. The score was composed by Paul-Marie Barbier and Julien Grunberg.{{Cite web |title=Fiasco |url=https://canneseries.com/fr/series/fiasco/ |date=12 March 2024 |website=Canneseries |access-date=16 March 2024 |archive-date=16 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316043645/https://canneseries.com/fr/series/fiasco/ |url-status=live }}
On 27 October 2022, Pierre Niney announced in his Instagram account that he was writing and was also going to co-produce and star in a new comedy series directed by his friend Igor Gotesman. "I could say that this is the big sister of the series Casting(s) and the film Five. You will find people that you may have liked," Niney said.{{Cite web |date=27 October 2022 |title=Pierre Niney : ce nouveau projet sur lequel l'acteur travaille |trans-title=Pierre Niney: this new project on which the actor is working |url=https://www.europe1.fr/culture/pierre-niney-ce-nouveau-projet-sur-lequel-lacteur-travaille-4143560 |website=Europe 1 |language=fr |access-date=21 December 2023 |archive-date=21 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221191053/https://www.europe1.fr/culture/pierre-niney-ce-nouveau-projet-sur-lequel-lacteur-travaille-4143560 |url-status=live }}
Niney said that Fiasco was mostly inspired by the chaotic filming of Mathieu Kassovitz's Babylon A.D. (2008) and its making-of documentary, Fucking Kassovitz (2011).{{Cite web |last=Bardinet |first=Elodie |date=2 May 2024 |title=Pierre Niney révèle que Fiasco s'inspire surtout du tournage chaotique de Babylon A.D. |url=https://www.premiere.fr/Series/News-Series/Pierre-Niney-revele-que-Fiasco-sinspire-surtout-du-tournage-chaotique-de-Babylon-AD |website=Première |language=fr}}
On 24 February 2023, Netflix France announced that the series Fiasco was being filmed and that it will have 7 episodes of 35 minutes. Netflix also shared a behind-the-scenes video showing the cast (Niney, François Civil, Gotesman, Géraldine Nakache, Louise Coldefy, Leslie Medina, Pascal Demolon, Juliette Gasquet, Djimo and Marie-Christine Barrault).{{Cite web |last=Chiquer |first=Lucie |date=24 February 2023 |title=FIASCO : Igor Gotesman, Pierre Niney et François Civil se retrouvent pour une série Netflix |url=https://www.premiere.fr/series/news-series/fiasco-igor-gotesman-pierre-niney-et-francois-civil-se-retrouvent-pour-une-serie-netflix |website=Première |language=fr |access-date=18 December 2023 |archive-date=18 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218224641/https://www.premiere.fr/series/news-series/fiasco-igor-gotesman-pierre-niney-et-francois-civil-se-retrouvent-pour-une-serie-netflix |url-status=live }} Gotesman, Niney and Civil had previously worked together on the television series Casting(s) (2013–2015) and on the comedy film Five (2016).{{Cite web |last=Terrazas |first=Laura |date=25 February 2023 |title=Pierre Niney va jouer dans une série Netflix aux côtés de François Civil et Igor Gotesman |url=https://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/series/pierre-niney-va-jouer-dans-une-serie-netflix-aux-cotes-de-francois-civil-et-igor-gotesman-20230225 |website=Le Figaro TV Magazine |language=fr |access-date=18 December 2023 |archive-date=18 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218230233/https://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/series/pierre-niney-va-jouer-dans-une-serie-netflix-aux-cotes-de-francois-civil-et-igor-gotesman-20230225 |url-status=live }} Niney said that they dreamed of making this project since Casting(s) and Five.{{Cite web |last=Niney |first=Pierre |date=24 February 2023 |title=On est en tournage de la série FIASCO 🚨 !!! On rêve de ce projet depuis CASTING(s) et FIVE ! Nous voilà réunis sur @NetflixFR avec un casting de 🔥 ! Réalisé par @igorgotesman 👌 À bientôt !!! |url=https://twitter.com/pierreniney/status/1629118711373217793 |website=Twitter |access-date=21 December 2023 |archive-date=21 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221191053/https://twitter.com/pierreniney/status/1629118711373217793 |url-status=live }}
On 11 March 2024, Niney announced in his Twitter account that Vincent Cassel was also in the cast and that the release date of Fiasco would be announced the next day.{{Cite web |last=Pierre |first=Niney |date=11 March 2024 |title=DEMAIN date de sortie et news sur la série FIASCO ! 🎬 😭 Mockumentary avec François Civil, Géraldine Nakache, Vincent Cassel… que j’ai eu la chance d’écrire et produire avec @igorgotesman pour @NetflixFR ! À demain 😏 #FiascolaSérie |url=https://twitter.com/pierreniney/status/1767153709690012157 |website=Twitter |language=fr |access-date=16 March 2024 |archive-date=16 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316052607/https://twitter.com/pierreniney/status/1767153709690012157 |url-status=live }}
Gotesman said Fiasco will not have a season 2 because he conceived it as a miniseries. "I'm not closing the door in case I change my mind but, theoretically, there will never be a season 2 of Fiasco", Gotesman told French magazine Télé-Loisirs on 2 May 2024.{{Cite web |last=Heuzebroc |first=Juliette |date=2 May 2024 |title=Fiasco (Netflix) : le créateur explique pourquoi "il n'y aura jamais de saison 2" |trans-title=Fiasco (Netflix): the creator explains why “there will never be a season 2” |url=https://www.programme-tv.net/news/series-tv/352262-fiasco-netflix-le-createur-explique-pourquoi-il-n-y-aura-jamais-de-saison-2/ |website=Télé-Loisirs |language=fr}}
=Filming=
Principal photography began on 17 January 2023 under the title Making Of,{{Cite web |date=5 January 2023 |title=Casting IDF : femmes et hommes de 18 à 99 ans pour une série d'Igor Gotesman (Family Business,..) |url=https://figurants.com/figuration-television/figurants-pour-serie-tv/casting-idf-femmes-et-hommes-de-18-a-99-ans-pour-une-serie-digor-gotesman-family-business_i17408 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105140312/https://figurants.com/figuration-television/figurants-pour-serie-tv/casting-idf-femmes-et-hommes-de-18-a-99-ans-pour-une-serie-digor-gotesman-family-business_i17408 |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=21 December 2023 |website=Figurants.com |language=fr}} and wrapped on 19 April 2023.{{Cite web |last=Richard |first=Amandine |date=20 April 2023 |title=Que sait-on de Fiasco, la nouvelle série Netflix avec Pierre Niney ? |trans-title=What do we know about Fiasco, the new Netflix series with Pierre Niney? |url=https://www.vogue.fr/article/pierre-niney-fiasco-netflix |website=Vogue France |language=fr |access-date=18 December 2023 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603121906/https://www.vogue.fr/article/pierre-niney-fiasco-netflix |url-status=live }} Filming took place in Paris,{{Cite web |title=Casting comédien de 18 ans minimum pour une doublure dans la série Fiasco d'Igor Gotesman avec Jonathan Cohen |url=https://castprod.com/poste/casting-comedien-de-18-ans-minimum-pour-une-doublure-dans-la-serie-fiasco-digor-gotesman-avec-jonathan-cohen/ |access-date=21 December 2023 |website=CastProd.com |language=fr |archive-date=21 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221191053/https://castprod.com/poste/casting-comedien-de-18-ans-minimum-pour-une-doublure-dans-la-serie-fiasco-digor-gotesman-avec-jonathan-cohen/ |url-status=live }} Seine-et-Marne in Nandy,{{Cite web |date=6 January 2023 |title=Essonne : des figurants recherchés pour le tournage d'une série avec Jonathan Cohen |url=https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/bruyeres-le-chatel_91115/essonne-des-figurants-recherches-pour-le-tournage-d-une-serie-avec-jonathan-cohen_56396213.html |website=Actu.fr |language=fr |access-date=21 December 2023 |archive-date=21 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221191053/https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/bruyeres-le-chatel_91115/essonne-des-figurants-recherches-pour-le-tournage-d-une-serie-avec-jonathan-cohen_56396213.html |url-status=live }} Saint-Chéron, and in Bruyères-le-Châtel, Essonne.{{Cite web |date=7 March 2023 |title=Netflix : Des figurants recherchés pour la série "Fiasco" avec Pierre Niney, François Civil et Géraldine Nakache |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/culture/4026801-20230307-netflix-figurants-recherches-serie-fiasco-pierre-niney-francois-civil-geraldine-nakache |website=20 Minutes |language=fr |access-date=21 December 2023 |archive-date=21 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221191053/https://www.20minutes.fr/culture/4026801-20230307-netflix-figurants-recherches-serie-fiasco-pierre-niney-francois-civil-geraldine-nakache |url-status=live }}
Release
Fiasco made its world premiere at the Canneseries Festival out of competition on 8 April 2024, where the first three episodes were screened, before being released on Netflix on 30 April 2024.{{Cite web |last=Orozco |first=Edouard |date=12 March 2024 |title=Pierre "Matt Damon" Niney retrouve François Civil sur la première image de Fiasco |url=https://www.premiere.fr/Series/News-Series/Pierre-Matt-Damon-Niney-retrouve-Francois-Civil-sur-la-premiere-image-de-Fiasco |website=Première |language=fr |access-date=16 March 2024 |archive-date=14 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314091155/https://www.premiere.fr/Series/News-Series/Pierre-Matt-Damon-Niney-retrouve-Francois-Civil-sur-la-premiere-image-de-Fiasco |url-status=live }}
Episodes
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|Title = Bad Bad Buzz
|DirectedBy = Igor Gotesman
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|Title = The After Buzz
|DirectedBy = Igor Gotesman
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|Title = Time's Up
|DirectedBy = Igor Gotesman
|WrittenBy = Igor Gotesman, Pierre Niney, Nicolas Slomka, Tania Gotesman
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|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = In the Red
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|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = Truth or Dare
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|WrittenBy = Igor Gotesman, Pierre Niney, Nicolas Slomka, Tania Gotesman
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|Title = Dotting the I's
|DirectedBy = Igor Gotesman
|WrittenBy = Igor Gotesman, Pierre Niney, Nicolas Slomka, Tania Gotesman
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Reception
= Critical response =
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the series a score of 83% based on 6 reviews, with a weighted average of 7.0/10.{{Cite web |title=Fiasco |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/fiasco_2024 |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}
= Audience viewership =
Fiasco debuted at number one on Netflix France 24 hours after its release,{{Cite web |last=Kiniali |first=Doriane |date=1 May 2024 |title=Netflix : 24h après sa sortie, cette série française déloge Mon petit renne et devient numéro 1 |trans-title=Netflix: 24 hours after its release, this French series displaces Baby Reindeer and becomes number 1 |url=https://www.programme-tv.net/news/series-tv/352204-netflix-24h-apres-sa-sortie-cette-serie-francaise-deloge-mon-petit-renne-et-devient-numero-1/ |website=Télé-Loisirs |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=Top 10 Most Popular TV Shows on Netflix in France (April 29–May 5, 2024) |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10/france/tv?week=2024-05-05 |website=Netflix |access-date=5 June 2024}} and was also in the top 10 in other six countries: Belgium, Guadeloupe, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Réunion and New Caledonia, and at number seven on Netflix's Global Top 10 TV Non-English titles for the tracking week of 29 April–5 May 2024, with 6 million hours viewed.{{Cite web |title=Top 10 Non-English TV Shows on Netflix Right Now (April 29–May 5, 2024) |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10/tv-non-english?week=2024-05-05 |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=Netflix}} It remained at number one on Netflix France for the tracking week of 6–12 May 2024, and was also in the top 10 in other five countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Réunion and New Caledonia.{{Cite web |title=Top 10 Most Popular TV Shows on Netflix in France (May 6–May 12, 2024) |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10/france/tv?week=2024-05-12 |website=Netflix |access-date=5 June 2024}} It dropped to number three in France for the tracking week of 13–19 May 2024,{{Cite web |title=Top 10 Most Popular TV Shows on Netflix in France (May 13–May 19, 2024) |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10/france/tv?week=2024-05-19 |website=Netflix |access-date=5 June 2024}} and was ranked at number six for the tracking week of 20–26 May 2024, remaining in the top 10 for four weeks.{{Cite web |title=Top 10 Most Popular TV Shows on Netflix in France (May 20–May 26, 2024) |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10/france/tv?week=2024-05-26 |website=Netflix |access-date=5 June 2024}}
According to the streaming aggregator JustWatch, Fiasco was the most streamed TV show across all platforms in France in its first week of release.{{Cite web |title=Retrouve La Place Nº1 du Classement (6 May 2024) |url=https://www.justwatch.com/fr/streaming-charts?t=shows |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240508191236/https://www.justwatch.com/fr/streaming-charts?t=shows |date=6 May 2024 |archive-date=8 May 2024 |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=JustWatch |language=fr}}{{cbignore}} It was ranked at number 3 on its second week,{{Cite web |title=Retrouve La Place Nº1 du Classement (13 May 2024) |url=https://www.justwatch.com/fr/streaming-charts?t=shows |date=13 May 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240513181635/https://www.justwatch.com/fr/streaming-charts?t=shows |archive-date=13 May 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=JustWatch |language=fr}}{{cbignore}} number 7 on its third week,{{Cite web |title=Retrouve La Place Nº1 du Classement (20 May 2024) |url=https://www.justwatch.com/fr/streaming-charts?t=shows |date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240520162824/https://www.justwatch.com/fr/streaming-charts?t=shows |archive-date=20 May 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=JustWatch |language=fr}}{{cbignore}} and at number 10 on its fourth week,{{Cite web |title=Retrouve La Place Nº1 du Classement (27 May 2024) |url=https://www.justwatch.com/fr/streaming-charts?t=shows |date=27 May 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240527175515/https://www.justwatch.com/fr/streaming-charts?t=shows |archive-date=27 May 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=JustWatch |language=fr}}{{cbignore}} making it the fifth most streamed TV show across all platforms in France in May 2024.{{Cite web |title="Fallout" Conserve La Meilleure Place |url=https://www.justwatch.com/fr/streaming-charts?t=shows&ct=monthly |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240603162641/https://www.justwatch.com/fr/streaming-charts?t=shows&ct=monthly |date=3 June 2024 |archive-date=3 June 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=JustWatch |language=fr}}{{cbignore}}
Accolades
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! Year ! Award ! Category ! Recipient(s) ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| align="center" rowspan="4"|2024
| rowspan="4"| French Association of Series Critics Awards | Best Series 26′ | Fiasco | {{nom}} |
| Best Performance 26′
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2"|Best Supporting Actor 26′
| {{nom}} |
| Pascal Demolon
| {{won}} |
References
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- [https://www.allocine.fr/series/ficheserie_gen_cserie=34019.html Fiasco] at AlloCiné {{in lang|fr}}
- {{YouTube|SL5WB8wK6LA|Official trailer}} {{in lang|fr}}
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