Represent (TV series)

*Represent*
Represent
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Jean-Pascal Zadi; François Uzan;
Starring	Jean-Pascal Zadi; Éric Judor; Benoît Poelvoorde; Fadily Camara; Panayotis Pascot; Marina Foïs;
Composer	Chassol
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Running time	26–34 min.
Production companies	Netflix; Studio 14; Twelve Fingers Productions;
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	20 January 2023

Represent (in French: En place) is a 2023 French comedy television series created by Jean-Pascal Zadi and François Uzan and directed by Zadi, and starring Zadi, Éric Judor, and Benoît Poelvoorde. It premiered on 20 January 2023.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Premise

Cast and characters

Jean-Pascal Zadi – Stéphane Blé^[6]
Éric Judor – William Crozon
Benoît Poelvoorde – Éric Andréi
Fadily Camara – Marion Blé
Panayotis Pascot – Jérôme
Marina Foïs – Corinne Douanier^[7]
Fary – Désiré
Souad Arsane – Yasmine
Jean-Claude Muaka – Mo
Saabo Balde – Lamine
Pasquale d'Inca – Didier
Salimata Kamate – Simone
Sylvestre Amoussou – Claude
Pierre-Emmanuel Barré – Fred Cognard
Emmanuel Dehaene – Étienne Durandeau
Sean Guégan – Nathan Fronck
Patrick Puydebat – Cop
Olivier Truchot – Himself
Alain Marshall – Himself
Anne-Sophie Lapix – Himself
Virginie Guilhaume – Himself
Sébastien Thoen – Himself
Antonia de Rendering – Gynecologist

Episodes

Series	Episodes		Originally released
1	6		20 January 2023 (2023-01-20)
2	6		29 August 2024 (2024-08-29)

Season 1 (2023)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Under Way"	Jean-Pascal Zadi	François Uzan, Jean Pascal Zadi	20 January 2023 (2023-01-20)
2	2	"Under Construction"	Jean-Pascal Zadi	François Uzan, Jean Pascal Zadi	20 January 2023 (2023-01-20)
3	3	"Uncharted Territory"	Jean-Pascal Zadi	François Uzan, Jean Pascal Zadi	20 January 2023 (2023-01-20)
4	4	"Under Threat"	Jean-Pascal Zadi	François Uzan, Jean Pascal Zadi	20 January 2023 (2023-01-20)
5	5	"Live on Air"	Jean-Pascal Zadi	François Uzan, Jean Pascal Zadi	20 January 2023 (2023-01-20)
6	6	"The Final Hurdle"	Jean-Pascal Zadi	François Uzan, Jean Pascal Zadi	20 January 2023 (2023-01-20)

Season 2 (2024)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
7	1	"In the Palace"	Jean-Pascal Zadi	François Uzan, Jean Pascal Zadi	29 August 2024 (2024-08-29)
8	2	"In Sync"	Jean-Pascal Zadi	François Uzan, Jean Pascal Zadi	29 August 2024 (2024-08-29)
9	3	"On the Throne"	Jean-Pascal Zadi	François Uzan, Jean Pascal Zadi	29 August 2024 (2024-08-29)
10	4	"On a Mission"	Jean-Pascal Zadi	François Uzan, Jean Pascal Zadi	29 August 2024 (2024-08-29)
11	5	"In Truth"	Jean-Pascal Zadi	François Uzan, Jean Pascal Zadi	29 August 2024 (2024-08-29)
12	6	"On the Run"	Jean-Pascal Zadi	François Uzan, Jean Pascal Zadi	29 August 2024 (2024-08-29)

Reception

In a review from the The New Yorker, Richard Brody claimed that "Represent draws its over-all force from a surprising and audacious idea: an attempt to define, and to redefine, France's political left".^[8]

The newspaper Le Monde had a favorable review, with some reservations: "After three furiously funny episodes (...), the series weakens to make way for less political digressions".^[9]

References

^ “Les spectacles parlent tous de vie, de renaissance, de mort et de luttes”, telerama.fr
^ Joel Keller, Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Represent’ Season 2 On Netflix, Where Stephane Takes Over As France’s Most Unlikely President Ever, decider.com, Published Aug. 29, 2024
^ Jérôme Lachasse, Je ne me mets aucune limite sur aucune blague: Jean-Pascal Zadi arrive sur Netflix avec En place, BFMTV
^ « Il faut rêver grand », recommande Jean-Pascal Zadi dans « En place » (in French), www.20minutes.fr, 2023-01-20
^ Jean-Pascal Zadi, une histoire française (in French), Le Monde.fr, 2023-01-13
^ Dans « En place » saison 2, la présidence façon Jean-Pascal Zadi n’a rien de réaliste mais elle est hilarante, HuffPost (in French)
^ Duj, E. (2022-10-31), « Vous n'êtes pas prêts » : Marina Foïs va jouer une éco-féministe inspirée de Sandrine Rousseau (in French), La Voix du Nord
^ Richard Brody, “Represent,” Reviewed: A Witty Attempt to Redefine the French Left, The New Yorker, January 25, 2023
^ « En place », sur Netflix : Jean-Pascal Zadi se voit déjà à l'Elysée (in French), Le Monde.fr, 2023-01-20

External links

Represent at IMDb
Represent on Netflix

[1] “Les spectacles parlent tous de vie, de renaissance, de mort et de luttes”, telerama.fr

[2] Joel Keller, Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Represent’ Season 2 On Netflix, Where Stephane Takes Over As France’s Most Unlikely President Ever, decider.com, Published Aug. 29, 2024

[3] Jérôme Lachasse, Je ne me mets aucune limite sur aucune blague: Jean-Pascal Zadi arrive sur Netflix avec En place, BFMTV

[4] « Il faut rêver grand », recommande Jean-Pascal Zadi dans « En place » (in French), www.20minutes.fr, 2023-01-20

[5] Jean-Pascal Zadi, une histoire française (in French), Le Monde.fr, 2023-01-13

[6] Dans « En place » saison 2, la présidence façon Jean-Pascal Zadi n’a rien de réaliste mais elle est hilarante, HuffPost (in French)

[7] Duj, E. (2022-10-31), « Vous n'êtes pas prêts » : Marina Foïs va jouer une éco-féministe inspirée de Sandrine Rousseau (in French), La Voix du Nord

[8] Richard Brody, “Represent,” Reviewed: A Witty Attempt to Redefine the French Left, The New Yorker, January 25, 2023

[9] « En place », sur Netflix : Jean-Pascal Zadi se voit déjà à l'Elysée (in French), Le Monde.fr, 2023-01-20

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