Plus belle la vie
| Plus belle la vie | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Theme music composer | Maidi Roth |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language(s) | French |
| No. of seasons | 13 |
| No. of episodes |
3130+ 18 special (as of 21 st October 2016) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Hubert Besson, Telfrance |
| Location(s) | Marseille, France |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | France 3 |
| Picture format | 16/9 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 30 August 2004 – Present |
Plus belle la vie is a French television soap opera based on an idea by Hubert Besson and characters created by Georges Desmouceaux, Bénédicte Achard, Magaly Richard-Serrano and Olivier Szulzynger. On air since August 30, 2004, it is currently shown on France 3 on Monday to Friday evenings at 8:15pm. The show began with seventeen main actors and gained more over time.[1]
On July 11, 2008, France 3 broadcast its one thousandth episode, a milestone in French television. The series set a second record on June 8, 2012, with its two thousandth episode.[1] On April 22, 2016, the soap passes the bar of the three-thousandth episode.
Plot
The series follows the daily lives of the inhabitants of "Le Mistral", a fictional neighbourhood in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, where wealthy and less than wealthy families co-exist. It focuses on their evolving love lives and friendships evolve and on the criminal intrigues in which certain residents of the neighbourhood are involved.
Cast
| Actor | Character | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Cécilia Hornus | Blanche Marci | 1 — present |
| Sylvie Flepp | Mirta Torres | 1 — present |
| Serge Dupire | Vincent Chaumette | 1 — present |
| Michel Cordes | Roland Marci | 1 — present |
| Rebecca Hampton | Céline Frémont | 1 — present |
| Dounia Coesens | Johanna Marci | 1 — present |
| Lætitia Milot | Mélanie Rinato | 1 — present |
| Anne Décis | Luna Torres | 1 — present |
| Alexandre Fabre | Charles Frémont | 1 — present |
| Laurent Kérusoré | Thomas Lenoir-Marci | 1 — present |
| Virgile Bayle | Guillaume Leserman | 1 — present |
| Thibaud Vaneck | Nathan Leserman | 1 — present |
| Fabienne Carat | Samia Nassri | 1 — present |
| Ambroise Michel | Rudy Torres | 1 — 9 |
| Aurélie Vaneck | Ninon Chaumette | 1 — 9 |
| Pierre Martot | Léo Castelli | 1 — 9 |
| Colette Renard | Rachel Lévy | 1 — 5 |
| Hélène Médigue | Charlotte Le Bihac | 1 — 5 |
| Juliette Chêne | Juliette Frémont | 1 — 4 and 8 |
| Sofiane Belmouden | Malik Nassri | 1 — 4 |
| Emil Abossolo-Mbo | Damien Mara | 2 — 4 |
| Pascale Roberts | Wanda Legendre | 5 — 9 |
| Nadège Beausson-Diagne | Sara Douala | 7 — 9 |
| Richard Guedj | Charles-Henri Picmal | 1 — 2 and 7 |
| Thierry Ragueneau | François Marci | 1 — 2 and 8 |
| Geoffrey Sauveaux | Lucas Marci | 1 — 2 |
| Ibtissem Guerda | Aïcha Djella | 1 |
| Alice Pol | Zoe | 1 |
| Fabien Gravillon | Jules Anglade | 3 |
| Dorothée Jemma | Edith Delvaux | 5 |
| Catherine Benguigui | Violette Garcin | 6 |
| Valérie Vogt | Claire Souchal | 7 |
| Andrée Damant | Julienne Vidal | 7 |
| Jacques Boudet | Gaston Domert | 8 |
Impact
At first it was difficult to attract viewers. However, after striving to create more dynamic story lines, by the second season Plus belle la vie had an audience of five million. On Valentine's Day 2006, a plot involving Nicolas Barrel's death drew an audience of 6,329,600.[2] On November 17, 2008, Plus belle la vie received its highest ever ratings, with over 6.8 million viewers and a 24.9% audience share.[3]
The series regularly averages an audience of 5.3 million viewers with a 23.2% audience share each weekday evening.[4]