INTERVIEW
While fans of Baron Noir , devour the third season of the program, currently broadcast on Canal +, and already claim a sequel ... The scriptwriter of the series, for his part, shows himself to be the least reserved. "I do not know if it is desirable," said Eric Benzekri about a possible season 4, Sunday at the microphone of Europe 1. According to him, a cycle has undoubtedly ended with the outcome of season 3. "We don't want to continue to continue, we must have a real idea." This true political saga follows the path of Philippe Rickwaert, interpreted by Kad Merad, from the town hall of Dunkirk to the summits of the state. It thus stages intrigue and the race for power.
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Invited by Bernard Poirette, the scriptwriter then goes back to the objectives that he and his team had set for season 3 of Baron Noir . This had to be part of a dystopian approach: "a slight anticipation and an extrapolation of reality", specifies Eric Benzekri. With the arrival of a new character, Christophe Mercier embodied by Frédéric Saurel, "preacher from social networks", the series questions the opposition between representative democracy and that of social networks.
Get inspiration from the real
"In Baron Noir , we have a desire [...] to give food for thought, to give food for thought, but we don't bring any message," says Eric Benzekri. During the writing of the saga, reality was for him a source of inspiration. He was able to benefit from the advice of friends from the political class. For example, he spoke at length with the rebellious deputy Alexis Corbière, the former first secretary of the Socialist Party Jean-Christophe Cambadélis or even the spokesperson for the Elysée, Bruno Roger-Petit.
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"I try to bring out my anxieties and to make sure that we discuss around them", explains Eric Benzekri. "We had to project ourselves into an even more scary future."