Dealer (TV series)


Dealer is a 2021 French television series created by Ange Basterga and Nicolas Lopez that premiered on Netflix on 10 March 2021. The series consists of 10 episodes

Synopsis

Tony is a young rapper and leader of an organized criminal gang dealing cannabis and other narcotics in a city in southern France. The label of his record company sends him a director, Franck and a cameraman, Thomas, to shoot a clip. The two men become witnesses to a gang war.

Cast and characters

  • Abderamane Diakhite as Tony
  • Mohamed Boudouh as Moussa
  • Sébastien Houbani as Franck
  • Idir Azougli as Steve
  • Julien Meurice as Thomas
  • Abdillah Assoumani as Mabs
  • Mohamed Souare as Kylian
  • Yvan Sorel as Blanche Neige
  • Jean-Toussaint Bernard as the voice of Thomas
  • Alexy Brun as Alex
  • Nazim Kaabeche as Zimo
  • Romain Vissol as the voice of Bruno du label
  • Siti Hamadi as Jess
  • Houda Salhi as Houda
  • Kilian Da Costa as Kilian
  • Jafar Moughanim as Ahmed

Production

Nicolas Lopez, originally from the city of Martigues, and Ange Basterga, a Corsican who grew up in Seine-Saint-Denis, invested all their savings to write, direct and self-produce the film Caïd in 2017. The film was only entitled to 4 days of shooting with non-professional actors. Caïd won the prize for Best Feature Film at the Festival Polar de Cognac. The production company FrenchKiss Pictures and Netflix decided to make a series. The two directors rewrote the story with Nicolas Peufaillit in 10 episodes of 10 minutes. They shot again in Martigues in 2020 with the same crew of actors with a found footage technique.