Call My Agent!


Call My Agent! is a French comedy-drama television series that premiered on France 2 on 14 October 2015. The series depicts talent agents at the fictional agency ASK and their relationships with their actor clients, who are real, mainly French, celebrities playing themselves. It won International [Emmy Award for Best Comedy Series|Best Comedy Series] at the 49th [International Emmy Awards].
Following the success of Dix pour cent in France, Netflix bought it in 2015 and renamed it Call My Agent! It was initially planned that the television series would end after its fourth season in 2020, but in April 2021, it was announced that the show would return with a 90-minute TV film followed by a fifth season. Call My Agent! has been broadcast by ICI ARTV in Canada, TG4 in Ireland, RTS Un in Switzerland and is available worldwide on Netflix, except in India, Spain, Poland and Portugal.

Overview

The series follows four agents who jointly take control of a fictional talent agency after the death of its founder and head. The agents attempt to manage film production crises arising from their stars' egos, financial and legal difficulties, and other complications, while also maintaining rivalries with one another for power and prestige. Most episodes focus on a single actor, their agent, and the production of a film in which they are starring. The series also depicts the agents' private lives, and how they are affected and often harmed by their busy and stressful professional lives.

Cast and characters

Main

They appear as themselves, in most cases for a single episode.
Season 1
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
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 & Julien Doré
Episode 6: Juliette Binoche
Season 3
Episode 1: Jean Dujardin
Episode 2: Monica Bellucci & Julien Doré
Episode 3: Gérard Lanvin, Julien Doré & Guy Marchand
Episode 4: Isabelle Huppert & Cédric Kahn
Episode 5: Béatrice Dalle
Episode 6: Jean Dujardin, Monica Bellucci, Gérard Lanvin, Audrey Fleurot, Claude Lelouch, JoeyStarr, Françoise Fabian & Line Renaud
Season 4
Episode 1: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mimie Mathy & Julie Gayet
Episode 2: Franck Dubosc & Nathalie Baye
Episode 3: José Garcia
Episode 4: Sandrine Kiberlain, Muriel Robin & Mimie Mathy
Episode 5: Sigourney Weaver
Episode 6: Jean Reno

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

Season 2 (2017)

Season 3 (2018)

Season 4 (2020)

Production

Director

, 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

, 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

, Cédric Klapisch, Michel Feller, Aurelien Larger and Harold Valentin produced the series.

Filming

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

Awards and nominations

Adaptations