''Call My Agent!'' (french: Dix pour cent, lit=Ten Percent) is a French

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television series that premiered on France 2 on 14 October 2015. The series depicts talent agents at the fictional agency ASK (''Agence Samuel Kerr'') and their relationships with their actor clients, who are real, mainly French, celebrities playing themselves. It was initially planned that the show 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,

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in Switzerland and is available worldwide on Netflix, except in Austria, Spain, Germany and Portugal.

Overview

The series follows four agents who jointly take control of a fictional talent agency (ASK, french: Agence Samuel Kerr) 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

* Camille Cottin as Andréa Martel, partner and agent * Thibault de Montalembert as Mathias Barneville, partner and agent *

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as Gabriel Sarda, partner and agent * Liliane Rovère as Arlette Azémar, partner and agent * Fanny Sidney as Camille Valentini, Andréa's assistant *

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as Noémie Leclerc, Mathias's assistant * Nicolas Maury as Hervé André-Jezak, Gabriel's assistant *

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as Sofia Leprince, receptionist and aspiring actor * Assaad Bouab as Hicham Janowski (season 2–present)

Recurring

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as Colette Brancillon * Isabelle Candelier as Annick Valentini * Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Catherine Barneville (seasons 1–3) * François Civil as Hippolyte Rivière (seasons 1–2) *

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as François Bréhier (seasons 1–2) * Gabrielle Forest as Hélène Kerr (seasons 1–2) * Antoine Croset as Antoine (since season 3) * Anne Marivin as Élise Formain, StarMédia's artistic agent (season 4) * Stéphane Freiss as Igor de Serisy, producer (season 4) * Sarah Suco as Justine, Igor's assistant (season 4)

Supporting

* Dominique Besnehard as Paul Granier * Arben Bajraktaraj as Gabor Rajevski *

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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'':

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''Episode 3'': Nathalie Baye, Laura Smet, Gilles Lellouche & Zinedine Soualem
''Episode 4'':

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''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'':

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''Episode 6'': Jean Dujardin, Monica Bellucci, Gérard Lanvin,

, Claude Lelouch, JoeyStarr,

Season 4 (2020)
''Episode 1:'' Charlotte Gainsbourg & Mimie Mathy
''Episode 2:''

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''Episode 3:'' José Garcia
''Episode 4:''

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''Episode 5:'' Sigourney Weaver
''Episode 6'': Jean Reno

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

Season 2 (2017)

Season 3 (2018)

Season 4 (2020)

Production

Director

Cédric Klapisch,

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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, , 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 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

* A Turkish version was released in 2020 under the name '' Menajerimi Ara''. Gay themes were removed in that version. * A British version was shot in 2021 and premiered on

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in select regions in April 2022 under the title ''

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''. In the United States, it is on AMC Networkss BBC America,

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, and AMC+. * Studio Dragon and are producing a South Korean adaptation of '' Surviving as a Celebrity Manager'' that is planned to air on tvN in the second half of 2022. Cast in the lead roles are Lee Seo-jin, Kwak Sun-young, Seo Hyun-woo and Joo Hyun-young. * On 26 August 2021, an Indian adaptation was announced by Netflix, titled '' Call My Agent: Bollywood''. *An Italian adaptation produced by Sky debuted on 20 January 2023, titled '' Call My Agent - Italia''. * Further adaptations include an Indonesian one by

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, one set in the Middle East by MBC, a Filipino adaptation by HBO Go, a Malaysian one by

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and a Polish one by TVN.

Counterparts

References

External links

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