Double dose of daily soap operas on TF1 at the start of the school year: before Tomorrow belongs to us , the channel will broadcast another series, Ici tout commence . Europe 1 takes stock of what we know about this new meeting.
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A cast of actors accustomed to the soap operas of the chain
The cast, first, promises to be "eclectic", explains Anne Viau, artistic director of fiction at TF1, with "young talents", and others "more confirmed". We will notably find Clément Rémiens, rising value of the chain, Frédéric Diefenthal and Vanessa Demouy, but also Azize Diabaté, revealed in Les Bracelets Rouges, or even the Spanish Agustín Galiana, seen in Clem . The goal, according to the manager? Confront "very different universes, very broad and varied horizons".
It will also be the great return of Francis Huster on television, for a special appearance, the details of which are not yet known.
"Stories of love, betrayal, revenge"
What about the plot? The story will take place in a gastronomy school in the Gard. Important clarification: the actors of Tomorrow belongs to us who will appear in Ici tout commence will play the same role in the two series and "gateways" will be set up, according to Anne Viau. " Tomorrow belongs to us is today a real phenomenon, we are more than 3.8 million viewers, we are doing very good performances on female audiences, on young people," she explains. "This is what allows us to launch a second soap opera with the ingredients that made the success of the first, namely very strong intrigues, stories of love, betrayal, revenge ..."
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This new soap opera is in any case a bet for TF1, which almost canceled it because of the current uncertain economic context linked to the coronavirus crisis.