2023-10-15 18:22:15
In “D’Argent et de Sang”, Ramzy Bedia plays a crook from Belleville who arrives with a friend and a rich banker to embezzle billions of euros from a simple environmental preservation measure: carbon quotas.
Director Xavier Giannoli masterfully adapts Fabrice Arfi’s investigative book, Money and Blood, in a 12-episode series, broadcast from Monday on Canal +. In 2018, the Mediapart journalist revealed in a shocking investigation how billions of euros had been diverted from a noble political measure to fight pollution.
Two street kids from Belleville joined forces in 2008 with a rich banker they met around a poker table. The director ofLost Illusions adapts this book with force, rhythm and power in 12 episodes, Money and Blood. Xavier Giannoli immediately saw the romantic potential of the story:
“He drew up a gallery of characters. There was a questioning about the state of the world of economic liberalism, where the fight against pollution is. How did we damage this beautiful project in this scam? And I read this book like a novel.”
Vincent Lindon plays a stubborn and incorruptible magistrate. Niels Schneider, the rich banker touches madness. For Xavier Giannoli, this series was an opportunity to tell a new story Human comedy à la Honoré de Balzac, completely contemporary:
“What interested me was to be able to see what is at stake in this news item among these characters? What does it tell us about the world in which we live, exploring characters who are the product of an era, of an environment, of a personal history?”
Ramzy Bedia is impressive in the role of Alain Fitoussi, the guy from Belleville. A unique role. A crook who is afraid of nothing, always with a banana on his lips. Ramzy Bedia explains to franceinfo:
“The truth, I have rarely tackled a role like this. I have never been focused in my life like that in fact, from morning to evening. From the moment we arrive on the set, until “and Well, it’s the end of the day. He’s a character, I think, very worrying, very tough, very mean, who masks all that with the other side of being funny, and who makes a lot of noise, and who is nice, and who entertains everyone and who gives gifts. But I think his true nature is wickedness.”
Money and Blood. A fantastic series in 12 episodes starting tomorrow on Canal +.
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