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Call My Agent!
FrenchDix pour cent
Created byFanny Herrero
StarringCamille Cottin
Thibault de Montalembert
Grégory Montel
Liliane Rovère
Fanny Sidney
Laure Calamy
Nicolas Maury
Stéfi Celma
Assaad Bouab
Country of originFrance
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes24
Production
Running time47–67 minutes
Production companiesFrance Télévisions
Mon Voisin Productions
Mother Production
Ce qui me meut
Original release
NetworkFrance 2
Release14 October 2015 –
present

Call My Agent! (Template:Lang-fr) is a French comedy-drama television series that premiered on France 2 on 14 October 2015.

While it was initially announced that the show would end after its fourth season in 2020, in April 2021 it was confirmed that the show would return with a 90-minute TV film followed by a fifth season.[1]

It has been broadcast by ICI ARTV in Canada, RTS Un in Switzerland and is available worldwide on Netflix, except in Austria, Spain, Germany and Portugal.

Plot

Andrea, Mathias, Gabriel, and Arlette, agents in the talent agency ASK (Template:Lang-fr), juggle tricky situations and defend their vision of the business. They skillfully combine art and business, but their private and professional lives sometimes come into conflict. While struggling to save their agency shaken by the sudden death of its founder, the four agents take us behind the scenes of the wild world of celebrity; where laughter, emotion, transgression and tears constantly collide.

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Supporting

  • Dominique Besnehard as Paul Granier
  • Arben Bajraktaraj as Gabor Rajevski
  • Robert Plagnol as Clément
  • Anthony Sonigo as Augustin
  • Olivia Côte as Armelle Borzek
  • Igor Mendjisky as Stephane Freiss
  • Marie Berto as Marie-Sophie Garnier
  • Lee Delong as Miranda Jones
  • Maud Amour as Mathurine
  • Kader Boukhanef as Samir Chouke
  • Amelie Etasse as Magali
  • Nina Gary as Emma Simonet
  • Julie Nicolet as Nathalie
  • Alain Rimoux as Samuel Kerr
  • Elise Lhomeau as Clémentine
  • Éric Naggar as Duplay
  • Vladimir Perrin as Jonathan Joubert
  • Serge Noël as Michel Marteau
  • Agnès Château as Michèle Marteau
  • Marc Brunet as Mayor Caillot
  • Khereddine Ennasri as Saïd
  • Sarah-Megan Allouch-Mainier as Karine
  • Lucille O'Flanagan-Le Cam as Linda Gérard

The actors

They appear as themselves, in most cases for a single episode.

Season 1 (2015)
Episode 1: Cécile de France
Episode 2: Line Renaud & Françoise Fabian
Episode 3: Nathalie Baye, Laura Smet, Gilles Lellouche & Zinedine Soualem
Episode 4: Audrey Fleurot
Episode 5: Julie Gayet, Joeystarr & Zinedine Soualem
Episode 6: François Berléand

Season 2 (2017)
Episode 1: Michel Drucker, Virginie Efira, Ramzy Bedia
Episode 2: Fabrice Luchini & Christophe Lambert
Episode 3: Julien Doré, Norman Thavaud & Aymeline Valade
Episode 4: Isabelle Adjani & Julien Doré
Episode 5: Guy Marchand
Episode 6: Juliette Binoche

Season 3 (2018)
Episode 1: Jean Dujardin
Episode 2: Monica Bellucci
Episode 3: Gérard Lanvin & Guy Marchand
Episode 4: Isabelle Huppert
Episode 5: Béatrice Dalle
Episode 6: Jean Dujardin, Monica Bellucci, Gérard Lanvin, Audrey Fleurot, Claude Lelouch, JoeyStarr, Françoise Fabian & Line Renaud

Season 4 (2020)[2]
Episode 1: Charlotte Gainsbourg & Mimie Mathy
Episode 2: Franck Dubosc
Episode 3: José Garcia
Episode 4: Sandrine Kiberlain
Episode 5: Sigourney Weaver
Episode 6: Jean Reno

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

StoryEpisodeTitleOriginal air dateGuest(s)France viewers
(millions)
11"Cécile"14 October 2015 (2015-10-14)Cécile de France5.2[3]
Set in the talent agency Agence Samuel Kerr ("ASK"). Talent agent Gabriel is reluctant to break the bad news to actress Cécile de France that she has been rejected for a role in a forthcoming Quentin Tarantino movie because she is too old. Camille Valentini who has recently arrived in Paris, visits the office to meet agent Mathias Barneville. He appears to be related to her in some way but persuades her to leave. On her way out, she bags a job as Andréa Martel’s assistant, to Mathias' dismay. Later in the lift, Camille unknowingly reveals the truth to Cécile. Feeling betrayed by her agent, Cécile leaves the agency, but Mathias manages to get her back and confirms the role in the Tarantino movie subject to her undergoing cosmetic surgery. However, Gabriel persuades her to do otherwise and rekindles his agency relationship with her. Camille is sacked for her revelation to Cécile but is re-employed by Andréa for obtaining confidential pay information on another agent's client. The team gets news of the accidental death of Samuel Kerr, head of the agency, after swallowing a wasp while on vacation in Brazil.
22"Line and Françoise"14 October 2015 (2015-10-14)Line Renaud & Françoise Fabian4.4 [4]
Upset by the death of Samuel, Françoise Fabian decides to not to act in a film three weeks before the start of filming and ends her relationship with the agency. Andréa tries to convince her to come back while at the same time Gabriel offers the role to Line Renaud, Fabian's long time rival, who accepts. Andréa and Gabriel fall out over what she sees as his betrayal. Camille meets Hippolyte, an aspiring actor, and begins to develop feelings for him. Hélène Kerr, who inherited her husband's majority stake in the company, tells the four agents that she will sell her shares; they make her an offer but are unable to afford to buy all the shares. At Samuel's wake Renaud and Fabian meet and after both eulogising Samuel, reconcile and agree to both appearing in the film. Andréa and Gabriel reconcile. Camille discovers to her horror that Hippolyte is Mathias' son and therefore her half-brother; she breaks things off with him.
33"Nathalie and Laura"21 October 2015 (2015-10-21)Nathalie Baye, Laura Smet, Gilles Lellouche, Zinedine Soualem & Dominique Besnehard4.3[5]
Clients Nathalie Baye and Laura Smet (mother/daughter) face a dilemma when they're asked to appear in a Swedish director's next film, a claustrophobic two-hander set on a remote island and at sea. Both like the idea but believe that the rigours of spending several months of filming together, 24 hours a day will jeopardise their relationship. They both take steps to be rejected for their parts and ultimately succeed in losing them. Meanwhile the agency is subject to a tax audit, which is carried out by Colette Brancillon who Andréa has earlier rejected on a dating website. Mathias arranges for Camille to get an invitation to the César awards and an offer internship with a film producer but she turns it down in favour of training as an agent. Gabriel goes to see Sofia perform and agrees to become her agent. Mathias is invited to join a rival agency, StarMedia, with his clients but he knows that it will destroy ASK if he accepts.
44"Audrey"21 October 2015 (2015-10-21)Audrey Fleurot4.1 [4]
Audrey Fleurot has recently had two children and has not worked for a while. She is desperate for cash because the tax authorities demand two years of unpaid taxes. At first, she accepts the role of an environmental activist stripper but the challenges of the role (including filming in Canada for a month and learning to pole dance) lead her to decline it in the end. Mathias finds her something less onerous. In an attempt to blunt the tax audit Andréa attempts to seduce Colette with little initial success. Gabriel struggles to find Sophia work but eventually does so in a type-cast role. Sofia is delighted however. Hélène Kerr has found a buyer for the agency, a German rival. Mathias accepts StarMedia's offer but before he can sign the others find out and are furious with him. When the news reaches the German buyer it pulls out and Camille persuades her colleagues that Mathias' move was a clever ploy to defeat the acquirer.
55"Julie and Joey"28 October 2015 (2015-10-28)Julie Gayet, Joeystarr & Zinedine Soualem4.2[6]
Andréa has succeeded in seducing Colette, she appears to be sincere but conceals the affair from Gabriel. Julie Gayet and JoeyStarr are supposed to play lovers in a period movie, but in real life they seem to hate each other; their bickering disrupts shooting. Their agents (Andréa and Gabriel) try to save the film from disaster and visit the set. An accident during filming results in Julie and Joey more than reconciling. Sophia has a small role in the film but because of the delays due to the stars' fighting, her main scene is cut; she puts a good face on it. Mathias' father-in-law offers him a loan to buy Samuel Kerr's shares in ASK. It's Camille's birthday, which Mathias, her father, has forgotten to her disappointment. Mathias learns a big client will be killed off on a soap opera and Camille sets up an online petition to protest. Mathias is impressed and belatedly remembers her birthday. He and Camille are celebrating with champagne in his office when his wife and Hippolyte surprise them. To allay his wife's suspicions and to stop Hippolyte hitting on Camille, Mathias says that he has a confession to make.
66"François"28 October 2015 (2015-10-28)François Berléand4.2 [7]
Mathias' wife discovers that his affair with Camille's mother coincided with her own pregnancy. She throws him out of their apartment and the loan from her father to fund the acquisition of the agency is in doubt. François Berléand is to play Dom Juan in an avant-garde theatre production set in a swimming pool. François secretly can't swim so he doesn't want to get in the pool leading to a dispute with the director. At Andréa's suggestion the director invites François to his birthday party. Gabriel gets Sophia an audition for a Luc Besson movie for which she must be able to hip-hop; she cannot. At the party François confesses his fear to the director and they reconcile. Andréa is due to meet Colette but is delayed at the party where she drinks too much and makes out with a strange girl. Colette surprises them and dumps Andréa even though she begs for forgiveness. Sophia fails the audition and falls out with Gabriel over his unconscious bias; later they reconcile at Gabriel's apartment but Andréa turns up distraught and Sophia leaves. Colette tells the ASK team that they are going to be fined and prosecuted for tax fraud. Under such a sanction the agency is worthless. Andréa makes a last abortive attempt to get Colette back. Gabriel and Sophia make out, and then find everyone drinking Samuel's whiskey.

Season 2 (2017)

StoryEpisodeTitleOriginal air dateGuest(s)France viewers
(millions)
71"Virginie and Ramzy"19 April 2017 (2017-04-19)Virginie Efira, Ramzy Bedia & Michel Drucker3.4[8]
Mathias' clients, Virginie Efira and Ramzy Bédia are promoting their new film and make much of their equal pay. Virginie is photographed in the arms of an "old friend" by paparazzi. Ramzy throws her out and stops promoting the film. Virginie goes to stay with Mathias and is photographed being comforted by him. Andréa meets Hicham Janowski, a former classmate, when they are being honoured in their home town. She tries to interest Hicham in investing in ASK as he has sold his internet dating site for €200m. She takes him to a shoot but he is insulted there. As he leaves in a hurry Andréa is hit by a falling light breaking one of her front teeth. Mathias' wife has seen the photos of him with Virginie and decides to go ahead with a divorce as she can no longer trust him. The boss of StarMedia reveals to Virginie that she and Ramzy have not received the same fee for their film as he has a secret second contract. Ramzy is obliged by this second contract to appear on Michel Drucker's talk show to promote the film and he is unexpectedly joined by Virginie who tells him that she knows about the secret contract. He says that he signed it for them both and shifts any blame onto Mathias; they reconcile. They meet Mathias for lunch and sack him saying that they are moving to StarMédia. Andréa (tooth repaired) and Mathias arrive at work and find Hicham there.
82"Fabrice Luchini"19 April 2017 (2017-04-19)Fabrice Luchini & Christophe Lambert3.1[8]
In payback for the loss of Virginie and Ramzy, Hicham pressures the agents to poach StarMédia's biggest client, Fabrice Luchini. Andréa takes responsibility for convincing the actor and contrives a number of meetings including one with an actress impersonating the James Bond casting agent as it has always been Fabrice's dream to be cast as a Bond villain. Sophia goes to an audition where she is accused of sleeping with Gabriel to further her career; she throws a stool at the director. Hicham advises Gabriel to give Sophia to another agent and says that he wants to recruit a junior agent to handle emerging stars. Fabrice is convinced of Andréa's sincerity after she opens up about her failed affair with Colette but StarMédia's boss reveals the James Bond scam to him leaving him confused. Noémie has convinced herself that Camille is the daughter of actor Christophe Lambert leading to confusion when he visits the agency. Hicham sacks Andréa for failing to win Fabrice as a client but immediately reinstates her when he overhears Fabrice phone to say that he is joining ASK. Noémie and Mathias begin a relationship.
93"Norman"26 April 2017 (2017-04-26)Norman Thavaud, Julien Doré & Aymeline Valade3.6[9]
Norman Thavaud can't drive so Gabriel does all he can to help Norman pass his test so that he can play in a Jacques Audiard film. Meanwhile he arranges for Sophia to meet Julien Doré in the hope that he will use her in a singing role. Mathias advises her to stick to one thing, acting. Hicham wants an epic party for his visiting son Elvis' 10th birthday and tasks Camille with planning it. Andréa meets with Aymeline Valade to whom she is obviously attracted as is Hicham; she warns him off hitting on clients. Norman passes his test thanks to taking Beta blockers for his anxiety. Camille's mother is visiting and so they go to the Grand Colbert for lunch; Mathias joins them but then so does his wife and confusion ensues. Norman, Julien and Aymeline all attend the birthday party. Norman is a great success with the kids and, fueled by Beta blockers and champagne, takes off with Elvis and two friends in Hicham's Mustang. Aymeline makes out with Hicham and Andréa but she leaves as they concentrate on one another. Julien and Sophia sing together. Norman is arrested for DUI and Gabriel ends up in a cell as well. Norman rejects the film role but Gabriel convinces him to go ahead.
104"Isabelle"26 April 2017 (2017-04-26)Isabelle Adjani & Julien Doré3.2[9]
Isabelle Adjani is keen to work with a successful young German director but Andréa's efforts to arrange a meeting come to naught not least because the director has taken umbrage at a perceived slight by Isabelle. Four years before Mathias rejected an award winning script by the director on Isabelle's behalf and without her knowledge; he is now keen to prevent the meeting so that the truth is not discovered. He recruits Camille to help. Sophia has hit it off with Julien and goes for a voice test with Gabriel even though she is now Mathias' client. Gabriel is jealous of the attention that Julien is devoting to her. Eventually Sophia is engaged to provide all the music and appear in Julien's new film; Gabriel is jealous. Camille goes to great lengths to make sure that Isabelle and the director do not meet but eventually she is powerless to prevent it. The truth comes out and Camille takes responsibility for rejecting the script even though she didn't work at the agency four years before. Isabelle and the director both storm out and seem to be lost as clients. The agents are concerned by Camille's behaviour and consider sacking her; Mathias prevents this by admitting that she was acting on his behalf and acknowledges her as his daughter.
115"Guy"10 May 2017 (2017-05-10)Guy Marchand & Julien Doré3.4[10]
Guy Marchand becomes forgetful while shooting a film; Gabriel takes him to see a specialist who finds that he has had a minor stroke. There is uncertainty over whether Guy is fit to continue in the role and the insurer visits the set to examine him. Andrea discovers that she is pregnant after her fling with Hicham. She seeks out Collette to tell her. Hicham announces that Camille is to be the new junior agent even though she didn't apply for the job. None of her colleagues (including Mathias) is supportive of the proposal. Hervé is particularly disappointed as he hoped for the role himself; he calls her a "Judas". Also visiting the set of Guy's film is the financier who is also looking at financing Julien's film; Gabriel tries to sabotage that film because of his jealousy. Arlette, who is an old flame of Guy's, visits the set of the film and helps him convince the insurer to continue cover. The finance for Julien's film doesn't come through so Sophia's big chance seems gone; Gabriel dissembles. Mathias returns home and becomes emotional. Camille is very unhappy and decides to leave the agency and go home to Cannes.
126"Juliette"10 May 2017 (2017-05-10)Juliette Binoche3.3[10]

Andréa's client, Juliette Binoche is set to be the mistress of ceremonies for the Cannes Film Festival. However she has issues with her overly fussy opening night designer dress and a persistent producer who keeps trying to seduce her despite her lack of interest. Andréa works hard to make Juliette happy but is surprised when the festival organizer suggests that Juliette exchange favours with the producer for her career.

Noémie scores a ticket to Cannes and is intent on surprising Mathias but before she can leave his wife tells her that she plans to reconcile with Mathias at Cannes causing Noémie to cancel her own plans and stay in Paris.

Hicham discovers that Andréa is pregnant.

Right before the opening ceremony Juliette is stalked by the producer and manages to dissuade him by coming on to him forcefully. Just before she is due to walk onstage Juliette destroys her gown. Disaster is averted when she jettisons her carefully prepared speech to give an impassioned salute to women in film.

Encouraged by his wife, Mathias reconciles with Camille and invites her to a Cannes after party. At the party Sophie discovers Gabriel sabotaged the funding for her film and leaves him. Andréa receives an offer to head the European branch of a New York talent agency and asks Camille to come with her.

Season 3 (2018)

StoryEpisodeTitleOriginal air dateGuest(s)France viewers
(millions)
131"Jean"14 November 2018 (2018-11-14)Jean Dujardin4.3 [11]

Andréa is determined to bring in more money than Mathias before the financial reports for ASK are due but hits a road block when Jean Dujardin fails to sign the contract for his next film. When she goes to find out why she discovers he's still deep in character from his last film as a WWI soldier forced to survive on his own in the woods.

Andréa is seven months pregnant and in a committed relationship with Colette but their relationship is complicated by baby gifts from Hicham.

Sofia, now a full time actress, visits the office to show the poster for the film she made with Julien Doré. Gabriel plunges further into depression and stops visiting clients.

Camille tries to balance her role as both Andréa's assistant and a junior agent but struggles to attract new clients.

At a meeting announcing the final earnings of the team Hicham congratulates everyone except Gabriel, whose numbers have drastically fallen since breaking up with Sofia. Hicham announces he will be directly supervising his work from now on.
142"Monica"14 November 2018 (2018-11-14)Monica Bellucci & Julien Doré3.8 [11]

Hicham forces Gabriel to deal with his out of control "To Do" list starting with re-signing Monica Bellucci to a deal with Cartier. During their meeting Bellucci opens up about her love life and reveals she is sick of dating businessmen and actors. She enlists Gabriel's help to meet a normal guy but things go awry when she keeps striking out and ends up flirting with Gabriel instead. The two later end up bonding over their broken hearts.

After a conversation with Mathias about whether he regrets missing large parts of Camille's life, Hicham decides he wants to revisit his decision to stay out of Andrea's life and let her raise their child with Colette.

When Mathias catches Noémie talking about her love affair with a married man to Hervé he calls her into his office to discipline her but she quits out of shame, pretending to have been head hunted for a different job. While broken heartedly wandering around Paris she is accidentally struck by Catherine's car. Catherine persuades Noémie to reconsider her decision to quit.
153"Gérard"21 November 2018 (2018-11-21)Gérard Lanvin, Julien Doré & Guy Marchand3.3 [12]

Andréa and Gabriel prepare to leave the agency to form their own.

Gérard Lanvin asks Mathias to arrange an audition for a small role in his latest film for a friendly barista. Mathias pawns the work off on Camille who accidentally sends the barista on an audition for the role of the co-lead. To everyone's surprise the barista, Sami, has an amazing audition leading Camille to represent him, but complications arise when Gérard begins to loathe the younger actor.

Julien Doré's film is a huge flop despite Gabriel's attempts to boost ticket sales for Sophie. Sophie reveals to Julien that Gabriel tanked the initial funding for the film but to her disgust Julien is grateful that the lower budget allowed him more artistic freedom.
164"Isabelle"21 November 2018 (2018-11-21)Isabelle Huppert & Cédric Kahn3 [12]

Mathias gets a tip that someone is planning to leave the agency and suspects Andrea who is off on maternity leave. He sets about trying to convince her and Gabriel to stay by being as kind as possible.

Gabriel has to deal with his workaholic client Isabelle Huppert who is in violation of her contracts as she secretly films two projects at the same time. When both suddenly require night shoots its up to Gabriel to cover up her mistake, but Isabelle keeps saying yes to more and more work.

Mathias resumes his affair with Noémie and seeks her help in trying to remove Hicham from the agency.
175"Béatrice"28 November 2018 (2018-11-28)Béatrice Dalle3 [13]

Andréa is supposed to be on maternity leave but gets a call from Béatrice Dalle who is angry with the director of her latest film who has surprised her with a nude scene she thinks is gratuitous. When Andréa can't get Béatrice out of the nude scene Béatrice begins sabotaging other scenes. A heart to heart with the director finally allows them to resolve the scene in a way they are both happy with.

The agency is being sued for violation of contract after Isabelle Huppert's voice gives out and she is discovered to have been working on two films. Behind the scenes Mathias manipulates Hicham into aggravating the American company that is suing them while pretending to give him sage advice.

Hervé tries to send his cute actor student boyfriend on auditions but his terrible acting and bad temper destroy his chances.

After holding his daughter, Flora and witnessing the bond between Andréa, Colette and his child, Hicham renounces his parental rights so Colette can adopt his child. As a result Andréa and Gabriel decide to abandon their plan to form their own agency but Andréa accidentally calls Hicham and lets him know the news instead. Angry and broken hearted Hicham considers selling his shares of ASK to Mathias but Gabriel realizes that the leak from the Isabelle Huppert breach of contract came from ASK.
186"ASK"28 November 2018 (2018-11-28)Monica Bellucci, Jean Dujardin, Françoise Fabian, Audrey Fleurot, Gérard Lanvin, Claude Lelouch, Line Renaud, JoeyStarr & Dominique Besnehard2.9 [13]

Gabriel, Andréa, Hicham and Arlette quickly realize it was Mathias who betrayed them to the Americans. Hicham nevertheless decides to sell his shares to Mathias and let him figure out how to deal with the Americans though Arlette quickly realizes Mathias must secretly have a way out of paying them.

As ASK prepares for their 30th anniversary party Andréa, Arlette and Gabriel brainstorm how to be rid of the American lawsuit so that Mathias' leverage is gone. They decide to pretend that Isabelle Huppert wasn't on another set but that a different actress with the same name was on set shooting a scene at the same time. Andréa locates another Isabelle Huppert, a nurse, and convinces her to film a scene she wrote, enlisting Sofia to act opposite her.

At the ASK party Catherine admits she's having an affair to Mathias and the two separate. André and Gabriel present their scheme to the Americans who are initially skeptical but eventually fall for the scheme.

Hicham decides not to sell his shares and fires Mathias. Noémie steals his client files and decides to leave with him.

Sophia plans to leave Paris as she hasn't been able to find work in six months. She is offered her old job working as a receptionist but is shocked when, while working, she learns she's been nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress.

Season 4 (2020)

StoryEpisodeTitleOriginal air dateGuest(s)France viewers
(millions)
191"Charlotte"21 October 2020 (2020-10-21)Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mimie Mathy, Xavier Beauvois & Julie Gayet4.2 [14]

An overworked Andréa can't find the time to read scripts and tells Charlotte Gainsbourg her childhood friend's script is amazing and she should star in his film before realizing it's a dud. Charlotte realizes how terrible the film is in rehearsals and pressures Andréa to get her out of it which leads to Andréa telling Charlotte's friend that she has broken her leg. When he insists on going forward with the film anyway Charlotte finally tells him the truth but while chasing after him to apologize she falls and actually does break her leg.

Gabriel and the rest of the agency are desperate to retain Mathias' clients but don't know his next move as he's staying silent on the subject even after leaving.
202"Franck"21 October 2020 (2020-10-21)Franck Dubosc, Nathalie Baye & Tony Parker3.5 [14]

Gabriel is tasked with keeping Franck Dubosc on as a client. He visits him on the set of his latest film, a gritty realist drama starring a hot new César winning actor. Franck is miserable and planning to quit the film but after Gabriel yells at him that he's stuck in a rut he decides to take advantage of the opportunity to expand his horizons and eventually goes too method while acting and punches his co-star for real during a take.

Andréa ditches dinner with Colette to try to keep Danny Boon on as a client.

Mathias begins work as a producer and promotes Noémie. She urges him to make their relationship public but it backfires when a previously friendly assistant starts to ignore her after realizing Noémie and Mathias are sleeping together.
213"José"28 October 2020 (2020-10-28)José Garcia & Valérie Donzelli4 [15]

Andréa struggles to take care of Flora on her own after Colette walks out on her. She is called in to manage José Garcia who keeps ruining takes because the cinematographer is an old flame he had a passionate affair with twenty years ago.

Former StarMedia agent Elise Forman and her clients come to work at ASK. Everyone is happy with the change but Gabriel who suspects she is spying on ASK for her former employers.

Noémie is broken hearted at having no social life so Mathias arranges a dinner between them and a co-worker which Noémie is thrilled by until she realizes the producer brought his mistress and not his wife to dinner.
224"Sandrine"28 October 2020 (2020-10-28)Sandrine Kiberlain, Muriel Robin, Valérie Donzelli, Mimie Mathy & Marina Rollman3.4 [15]

Sandrine Kiberlain is bored after her final performance in a critically acclaimed play. Gabriel urges her to sign on to an awards baity glamorous period piece but on a whim she decides to try stand up comedy. To dissuade her Gabriel enlists Muriel Robin to convince her that a comedian's life is hard but it backfires when he annoys Muriel so much she wants to help Sandrine just to piss him off.

Camille is on the verge of making her first big deal convincing the writer of a bestselling book to sign over the rights to her work to an unproven director Camille represents. She celebrates over drinks with Noémie who later inadvertently reveals the key to the writer's heart to Matthias who uses the information to poach the writer. Both Camille and Noémie are furious by the betrayal.
235"Sigourney"4 November 2020 (2020-11-04)Sigourney Weaver, Guillaume Gallienne, Bernard Verley & Rayane Bensetti3.8 [16]

Sigourney Weaver arrives in Paris having signed on to a film without reading the script. She is furious when she realizes that Gaspard Ulliel, who she assumed would play her lover, only has a small cameo and the actor playing her love interest is Bernard Verley who is much older. She enlists Andréa's help in getting director Guillaume Gallienne to change his mind and cast a younger man as her love interest.

Gabriel suspects Élise Formain is sabotaging the agency and enlists Hervé's help in spying on her.

Camille believes her betrayal lead to Mathias's heart attack and avoids going to the hospital to visit him. Meanwhile Noémie tells Mathias he might have betrayed too many people leading him to reflect on his choices in life.
246"Jean"4 November 2020 (2020-11-04)Jean Reno, Lolita Chammah3.4 [16]

As ASK is on the verge of bankruptcy Mathias comes through with an interesting idea pitching his film on the storming of the bastille with Xavier Beauvois to Jean Reno. The only problem is that Reno is shooting a film where he stars as Santa Claus and the experience is so miserable he's decided to give up acting.

With their future at ASK in doubt everyone starts making alternative plans. Camille wonders about starting her own agency for young talent, Hervé decides he wants to commit to acting, Gabriel makes a startling decision to join Starmedia and Andréa, with no cards left to play, starts being honest in both her professional and personal lives.

Production

Director

Cédric Klapisch, Lola Doillon and Antoine Garceau directed two episodes of the first season.

Laurent Tirard directed two episodes, Antoine Garceau and Jeanne Herry directed one episode of the second season.

Writers

Dominique Besnehard, Fanny Herrero, Julien Messemackers, Michel Vereecken, Sabrina B. Karine, Anais Carpita, Quoc Dang Tran, Nicolas Mercier, Camille Chamoux, Camille de Castelnau, Cécile Ducrocq, Benjamin Dupas and Eliane Montane wrote the first season.

Producers

Dominique Besnehard, Cédric Klapisch, Michel Feller, Aurelien Larger and Harold Valentin are the producers of the TV Series.

Filming

The first season was filmed from November 2014 to February 2015.[17] The second season was shot from September to December 2016.[18]

Adaptations

  • A Turkish version was released in 2020 under the name Menajerimi Ara. Gay themes were removed for the Turkish version.[19]
  • A British remake version shoots until September 2021.[20][21]
  • As of May 2021, a South Korean adaptation is in development under the production of Studio Dragon.[22]
  • On 26 August 2021, an Indian adaptation was announced by Netflix, titled Call My Agent: Bollywood.[23][24]

References

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