Transferts
{{short description|French television series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
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- Claude Scasso
- Patrick Benedek
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- Claude Scasso
- Patrick Benedek
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| director = {{Plainlist|
- Olivier Guignard
- Antoine Charreyron
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| composer = David Imbault
| country = France
| language = French
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 6
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| executive_producer = Alain Bonnet
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- Patrick Benedek
- Joël Santoni
- Sébastien Leray
- Christophe Louis
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| cinematography = Pascal Lagriffoul
| editor = Mathieu Doll
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| runtime = 58 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist|
- Arte
- Filmagine
- Panama Productions
- Be Films
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| network = Netflix
| first_aired = {{Start date|2017|11|16|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2017|11|23|df=y}}
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Transferts ({{IPA|fr|tʁɑ̃s.fɛʁ|}}, "transfers") is a French science fiction thriller television series created by Claude Scasso and Patrick Benedek in 2017. The show aired for one season on Netflix.{{cite web|title=Découvrez "Transferts", la nouvelle série d'Arte en intégralité sur Leparisien.fr |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/tv/la-serie-transferts-en-avant-premiere-sur-leparisien-fr-10-11-2017-7384296.php |website=leparisien.fr |date=10 November 2017 |accessdate=31 October 2020 |language=fr |trans-title=Discover "Transfers", the new Arte series in full on Leparisien.fr}}
Synopsis
In the near future, Florian, a cabinetmaker and father of two, is taking a trip on a sailboat with his family, when he falls into the water and sinks. He wakes up after five years of being in a coma, in the body of Sylvain, a police captain at the BATI, a special division that tracks down "transferred" people. These are individuals whose spirit, or self, has been transferred from one body to another using a new medical procedure. Originally legalized for therapeutic purposes, "transfers" have since become prohibited following rejections called "counter-transfers", in which transferred patients experience a form of psychosis and turn violent.{{cite web|title=Transferts – Apprendre à ne pas mourir |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/blog/seriestv/2017/11/10/transfert-apprendre-a-ne-pas-mourir/ |website=lemonde.fr |date=10 November 2017 |accessdate=31 October 2020 |language=fr |trans-title=Transfers - Learn not to die}}
Cast and characters
- Arieh Worthalter as Captain Sylvain Bernard/Florian Bassot
- Brune Renault as Lieutenant Béatrice Lourmel
- Toinette Laquière as Sophie Bassot
- Steve Tientcheu as Captain Gabriel Finan
- Pili Groyne as Liza/Woyzeck
- Patrick Descamps as Vincent Mareuil
- Patrick Raynal as Dr. Michel Vautier
- Xavier Lafitte as Father Luc
- Juliette Plumecocq-Mech as Fausto
- Emilien Vekemans as Fabrice Bernard
- Aïssatou Diop as Viviane Metzger
- Balthazar Monfé as Thomas Bassot
- Zélie Rixhon as Julie Bassot
- Sébastien Chassagne as Damien Volber
- Thierry Frémont as Paul Dangeac
- Alexis Loret as Florian Bassot
- Marie Kremer as Oriane Mareuil
- Édith Scob as Alexandra Staniowska
- Jean-Marie Winling as Alexandre Syrmay
- Bastien Bouillon as Gaëtan Syrmay/Alexandre Syrmay
- Camille Voglaire as Clara
- David Quertigniez as Jacques Lantier
Filming
Although set in France, the series was filmed in Brussels, Belgium from April to June 2016.{{cite web|title=Tournage de "Transferts", série d'anticipation d'Arte avec Thierry Frémont |url=https://www.rtbf.be/culture/cinema/detail_tournage-de-transferts-serie-d-anticipation-d-arte-avec-thierry-fremont?id=9259950 |website=rtbf.be |date=4 April 2016 |accessdate=31 October 2020 |language=fr |trans-title=Shooting of "Transfers", Arte suspense series with Thierry Frémont}} Prominent landmarks which can be seen in the show include the church of Saint John the Baptist at the Béguinage, the Centre for Fine Arts, the Temple of Human Passions, and the dam at Eau d'Heure lakes.
The 2016 Brussels bombings on the eve of filming complicated the street scenes and the staging of an armed militia.{{cite web|title=Transferts ou l'histoire d'une série |url=http://www.cineteleandco.fr/transferts-histoire-serie/ |website=cineteleandco.fr |date= 16 November 2017|accessdate=31 October 2020 |language=fr |trans-title=Transfers or the story of a series}}
Reception
The series received an excellent critical response in France. Le Parisien wrote that it is "a gem of science fiction with a fascinating scenario, a neat universe, and excellent actors.{{cite web|title=Arte : "Transferts", un bijou de science-fiction |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/tv/arte-transferts-un-bijou-de-science-fiction-16-11-2017-7395315.php#xtor=AD-1481423551 |website=leparisien.fr |date=16 November 2017 |accessdate=31 October 2020 |language=fr |trans-title=Arte: "Transfers", a science fiction gem}} Finally some real (and good) French science fiction!", addedTélé-Loisirs.{{cite web|title=Faut-il regarder Transferts, la série SF française d'Arte ? |url=https://www.programme-tv.net/news/series-tv/166485-faut-il-regarder-transferts-la-serie-sf-francaise-d-arte/ |website=programme-tv.net |date=16 November 2017 |accessdate=31 October 2020 |language=fr |trans-title=Should you watch Transferts, Arte's French SF series?}} Télé 7 Jours wrote that it was a "...genre that is rarely seen on French television", and added that the show "stimulates some philosophical questioning".{{cite web|title=Transferts (Arte) - Qu'est-ce que c'est que cette nouvelle série d'anticipation ? |url=https://www.programme-television.org/news-tv/Programme-TV-Transferts-Arte-Qu-est-ce-que-c-est-que-cette-nouvelle-serie-d-anticipation-4541381 |website=programme-television.org |date=17 November 2017 |accessdate=31 October 2020 |language=fr |trans-title=Transfers (Arte) - What is this new suspense series?}}
La Croix opined that Transferts "raises many questions that resonate with current events and takes a critical look at the abuses that lie in wait for us: commodification of the body, security escalation…".{{cite news|title=" Transferts ", une série d'anticipation " made in France " |url=https://www.la-croix.com/Culture/TV-Radio/Transferts-serie-danticipation-made-France-2017-11-10-1200891106 |newspaper=La Croix |date=10 November 2017 |accessdate=31 October 2020 |language=fr |trans-title="Transfers", a suspense series made in France}}
According to Le Monde, "The six episodes imagined by Claude Scasso and Patrick Benedek are appropriate for the time. They are a compilation of all contemporary social fears."
Télérama added, "Transferts creates a universe, explores a theme, deploys a philosophical question, and does not forget the notion of entertainment."{{cite web|title=Regardez en intégralité "Transferts", la nouvelle série SF d'Arte |url=https://www.telerama.fr/series-tv/regardez-en-integralite-transferts,-la-nouvelle-serie-sf-darte,n5343095.php |website=telerama.fr |date=13 November 2017 |accessdate=31 October 2020 |language=fr |trans-title=Watch in full "Transfers", the new SF series from Arte}}{{cite web|title=TRANSFERTS (Critique Saison 1) L'esprit d'équipe… |url=https://leschroniquesdecliffhanger.com/2017/11/16/transferts-critique-saison-1-lesprit-dequipe/ |website=leschroniquesdecliffhanger.com |date=16 November 2017 |accessdate=31 October 2020 |language=fr |trans-title=TRANSFERS (Season 1 review) Team spirit…}}
Recognition
- Festival Séries Mania 2017
- Best series
- Best actor for Arieh Worthalter
References
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External links
- {{Netflix title}}
- {{IMDb title|6531888}}
{{Netflix original current series}}
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