''Greek Salad'' (french: Salade grecque) is a French

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television series created by Cédric Klapisch. The first two episodes premiered on 17 March 2023 at the

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festival in

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, while the entire first season was released on

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the following month. The series is a sequel to Klapisch's '' L'Auberge Espagnole'' trilogy, and follows Tom and Mia, the children of Xavier and Wendy.

Premise

Siblings Tom and Mia, the children of Xavier and Wendy from '' L'Auberge Espagnole'', move to

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after inheriting an apartment from their recently-deceased grandfather. Tom intends to sell the apartment and use the proceeds to fund a startup company, but the

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Mia has other plans in mind.

Cast and characters

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as Tom * Megan Northam as Mia * Aggy K. Addams as Lily * Dimitris Kitsos as Kristos * Fotinì Peluso as Giulia * Reham Alkassar as Reem * Amir Baylly as Noam * Davide Iachini as Pippo * Anna Kamenikova as Barbora * Josip Ledina as Zoran * Félix Vannoorenberghe as Paco * Anastasis Laoulakos as Yannis * Manolis Mavromatakis as Valsamidis * Romain Duris as Xavier * Kelly Reilly as Wendy *

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as Isabelle * Agnès Hurstel as Juliette *

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as Tobias

Episodes

Production

In March 2021,

France announced the development of ''Greek Salad'', which was to be produced by Ce Qui Me Meut exclusively for Prime Video. Filming took place in

over four months beginning in December 2022.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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