Belphégor: Was the Remake Signed M6 and Hbo Max with Kad Merad Really Shot at the Louvre?
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Once again haunting the Louvre corridors, this version of the Phoenician spectrum shows an amazing relevance.
The most famous phantom in Paris resumes its service! The mini-series event co-produced by M6 and HBO Max arrives on the screens, promising thrills and mysteries in the heart of the capital. But for this new version, did the production have the privilege of placing its cameras in the real Louvre museum?
By adapting Arthur Bernde's novel, M6 and HBO Max took the risk of comparing the 1960s fiction monument with Juliette Greco and Yves Renier.
The new adaptation of "Belphégor or the Phantom of the Louvre", which arrives on December 11 on HBO Max and next year on M 6, is far from convincing us. By making the bet of transposing these days the intrigue imagined by Arthur Bernède more than 60 years ago, HBO Max, M 6 and director Jérémy Mainguy miss their shot. The series often fried ridiculous as the implausibility is numerous. Fortunately, the night walks of the cameras around the museum…
It took a certain amount of unconsciousness or courage to attack this monument of the fantastic French heritage. Although we were waiting for this new version of Belphegor with reservations, the series designed and written by Nils Antoine Sambuc (the excellent In therapy) and Thomas Mansuy (the series Les Rivières purpres) caught us by the [...]
Despite a laudable subtext on the spoliation of cultural and artistic goods, this new, very free adaptation of Arthur Bernède's novel lacks much inspiration. As if the Louvre didn't have enough problems like that!
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