Do you know that “Such a long night” on TF1 is the remake of a remake?

• The series

  Une si longue nuit

  begins Thursday on TF1, with Mathilde Seigner, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and the revelation Sayyid El Alami in the cast

• It is an adaptation of the American and multi -award-winning series

  The Night of

  , itself freely adapted from the British series

  Criminal Justice

• The French series keeps most of the original, with all the same an interesting cast change on paper, less convincing on screen

TF1 offers Thursday evening the first two episodes, out of six, of

, the story of Sami (Sayyid El Alami), a student from Marseilles, who, after his encounter with the mysterious Gloria and a restless night, wakes up next to the bloodied body of the young woman. He doesn't remember anything, but everything accuses him and he is arrested. For the cop Jeff (Jean-Pierre Darroussin), there is no doubt that Sami is guilty. But not for the lawyer Isabelle (Mathilde Seigner) who decides to defend her. A new series and an original creation of the channel. Finally, not so new, nor original. Indeed, like

,

,

or

(the list is too long),

is an adaptation, and even a remake of remakes.

He spent a dream night with Gloria.

When he wakes up, Sami's life becomes hell...

Your new #UneSiLongueNuit series with Mathilde Seigner, Jean-Pierre Daroussin and Sayyid El Alami begins on Thursday 01/20.

The 1st episode is already available on MYTF1Max!

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A British series and an American series

Originally, there was the British series

, the first season of which was broadcast in 2008 on the BBC and followed the ordeal of the character over five episodes, then played by Ben Whishaw, the Q of the last James Bonds. Eight years later, screenwriter Richard Price (

) and writer-director Steven Zaillan (

,

) decided to adapt the story for HBO in

, with James Gandolfini in the role of the lawyer.

Unfortunately, he died shortly after, and Robert De Niro had to replace him, but due to a scheduling problem, it was finally John Turturro.

Another change and genius casting: Riz Ahmed plays Nasir Khan, still a student, no longer Anglo-Saxon but American-Pakistani.

He will win the Emmy Award for best actor in a mini-series, to which are added four other awards for the series.

The judicial system, a veritable infernal machine

By its title alone,

is positioned more as a remake of

than

. The series keeps and adapts for example, and fortunately, the origins of Sami, here a North African student, which reinforces the social commentary and reveals in passing an actor, the young Sayyid El Alami, already seen in the film

and the series

. She also looks, like the original, straight in the eye at the judicial and prison system, a veritable infernal machine. On the other hand, the same cannot be said for the staging and the atmosphere, which are less intense.

As for the replacement of the lawyer by a lawyer, and John Turturro by Mathilde Seigner, the idea is original on paper, and the promise of another dynamic, but the result proves to be counter-productive on screen, with a less complex, more caricatural character.

Finally, as often with adaptations, everything will depend on whether or not you have seen

.

Hint: the series is available on OCS and on DVD/Blu-ray.

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