''Le Bureau'' is a 2006 French

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written and directed by

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. It is a French adaptation of the popular British television series ''

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''. ''Le Bureau'' adapted the scripts of the original British series, changing character names and many cultural references.

Cast

François Berléand François Berléand (; born 22 April 1952) is a French actor. He plays Gilles Triquet, the officer manager and equivalent of David Brent in ''Le Bureau'', the French version of ''The Office'', produced by Canal+. He also appeared in the 2002 fil ...

: Gilles Triquet, Regional Director of the Cogirep Villepinte branch. He is based on

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. *

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: Félix Pradier, trainee. *Benoît Carré: Joel Liotard, Assistant to the Regional Director. *

Jérémie Elkaïm Jérémie Elkaïm (born 29 August 1978) is a French actor, screenwriter and film director best known for his role in ''Presque rien'' (US title: ''Come Undone'', 2000). In the film, he plays Mathieu, a troubled, emotionally fragile teen who fi ...

: Paul Delorme, Sales Representative. *Alka-Laure Balbir: Laetitia Kadiri, Receptionist. *Frédéric Merlo: Daniel Gabarda, Chief Accountant. *Jean-Pierre Loustau: Didier Leguélec, Representative. *Astrid Bas: Juliette Lebrac, Manager of Cogirep France. *Solène Bouton: Jennifer Langlois. *Jacques-Yves Dorges as Giraud Bernard, Sales Representative.

Summary

It takes place in Villepinte, a business park in the northeast suburbs of Paris. The series stars

as Gilles Triquet, France's version of

. Another notable actor,

of ''

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'' fame, also stars in the series playing the French version of

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. Filming with the French cast was completed in early February; the series began airing on 25 May 2006. It is the first foreign-language remake of the show, although the German series '' Stromberg'' used ''The Office'' as a basis for its show format. A dubbed version of the first UK series that ran on cable in France in 2004 fared poorly.

Season schedule

Home release

The DVD was released on 28 August 2006.

References

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