On Tuesday, July 16, TF1 will broadcast the double pilot episode of a new series entitled RIP Aimons-nous vivants! As its funny title suggests, this comedy takes place in an unusual setting: a funeral home! Here are 5 things to know about this mini-series starring Claudia Tagbo.
Tomorrow evening, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, TF1 will broadcast an unprecedented fiction titled RIP Aimons-nous vivants! This two-part fiction is actually the double pilot episode of a new series that could soon arrive on our screens.
To test a new concept, it is not uncommon for television channels to air one or two episodes during an evening before ordering more. This is what TF1 has chosen to do by offering these two 45-minute episodes in prime time. The channel had already proceeded in the same way for the series Le Remplaçant with Joey Starr.
It is quite understandable that TF1 wants to test the waters and gauge the reaction of viewers before greenlighting the series RIP Aimons-nous vivants! Indeed, this new show takes place in a rather unusual setting for a comedy, that of funeral services...
In the pilot airing tomorrow night, the heroine Anne-Lise, who was previously a birthday party host, inherits the funeral home founded by her father. Having done everything to distance herself from her hometown and this family-run funeral business, she eventually starts to enjoy this new sector...
She realizes that taking over "La Maison du deuil" will allow her to solve all her problems, including her compulsive need to meddle in other people's lives.
To embody this colorful character and lead the new series RIP Aimons-nous vivants!, the production has called upon actress and comedian Claudia Tagbo. The performer, who already played the main role in the TV series Le crime lui va si bien on France 2, finds in this fiction a new role that matches her comedic talent.
In the double pilot episode, Claudia Tagbo effortlessly slips into the role of Anne-Lise, a single mother forced, much to her dismay, to become an undertaker. Gradually, Anne-Lise begins to appreciate her new job because this macabre business suits her tendency to meddle in other people's lives.
With the help of employees as quirky as she is, she will defend her family business against a sly competitor played by Antoine Duléry.
Comedian Claudia Tagbo is not the only safe bet featured in the cast of the new series RIP Aimons-nous vivants! The least we can say is that the actress is very well surrounded in the double pilot episode aired on Tuesday night.
The production has gathered an impressive lineup of actors including:
• Pascal Légitimus as Patrick, Anne-Lise's ex.
• Antoine Duléry as Claude Sorda, the entrepreneur heading a rival funeral home.
• Shirley Bousquet as Claire.
• Philippe Lellouche as Frédo.
• Marie-Hélène Lentini as Louison.
Some of this cheerful group of actors play the rather unusual employees of the company La Maison du deuil. We can count on them to ensure that funerals are not only filled with tears but also with laughter.
In this new fiction, special mention should be made of Antoine Duléry's performance, playing against type as a sneaky and unscrupulous businessman. The actor, more commonly associated with Commissioner Larosière in Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie or Paul Gatineau in the Camping films, stated that he loved playing "a real bastard" for once...
With its original subject and stellar cast, the mini-series RIP Aimons-nous vivants! looks very promising.
Although it takes place in the funeral sector, it promises us more laughs than tears, thanks in particular to the delightful clashes between Anne-Lise (Claudia Tagbo) and her competitor Claude Sorda (aka Antoine Duléry).
If viewers tune in, new episodes will be filmed and likely aired next year.
Author Audrey on 03 June 2022
News and Media : Television
Author Audrey on 02 March 2023
News and Media : Television