Solène Delinger 5:00 p.m., March 18, 2024
The first two episodes of “La Fièvre”, the new mini-series from the creator of “Baron Noir”, are broadcast this Monday evening on Canal+.
There we find Nina Meurisse, Ana Girardot and Benjamin Biolay, all three embroiled in a media-political scandal on the verge of setting the whole of France ablaze.
Thrilling and impactful.
After thrilling us with
D'argent et de sang
, an excellent series by Xavier Giannoli on the carbon tax scam, Canal+ is broadcasting this Monday evening a new high-end original creation:
La Fièvre
, a series in six episodes imagined by Eric Benzekri, the creator of
Baron Noir.
Is it worth the detour?
Yes, and it’s even a real slap in the face.
What does
La Fever
say ?
La Fever
indeed explores with great accuracy the deep fault lines in our society.
A society in which a very small word, a stroke of blood relayed on social networks can lead to conflagration.
Here, everything changes on the evening of the Football Trophies, when Fodé Thiam, the Racing star, violently headbutts his coach and calls him a "dirty toubab", which means "white" in Wolof, the language spoken in Senegal .
The video is making the rounds on social networks, the media are taking up the subject.
The excitement begins... François Marens, the president of Racing played by Benjamin Biolay, is totally overwhelmed by the events.
How to manage this crisis?
Should he protect his player?
Or force him to issue a public apology?
François Marens calls on crisis communications experts.
Among them: Sam Berger (Nina Meurisse), a hyper-talented and extremely sensitive thirty-something, who senses from the start that this scandal could cause France to sink into chaos.
Notably because of Marie Kinsky (Ana Girardot), a reactionary influencer who exploits this affair in her stand-up shows.
Why is this series worth watching?
First of all because you are not going to see time pass in front of
La Fever
: the six episodes are devoured like a good thriller, the tension never lets up, the suspense keeps us in suspense from start to finish.
In addition to its rhythm,
La Fièvre
stands out for the quality of its dialogues, educational and credible.
The long tirades of Nina Meurisse, who had to learn 250 pages of text, allow us to understand the mechanisms of crisis communication, to understand how public opinion can be easily manipulated.
In particular, we retain the principle of "the Overton window", which makes ideas previously considered extreme or radical acceptable.
Finally, the series is obviously worth the detour for its actors: Nina Meurisse is impeccable in her role as a gifted woman adrift, and Ana Girardot sends shivers down our spines in the skin of Marie, a seductive and provocative manipulator.
Go for it, you won't be disappointed!