The Fever is this surge that grips our time at more or less frequent moments, between identity tensions and outbreaks of hatred on social networks that political communication often tries in vain to extinguish.
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La Fever is the title that Éric Benzekri, the creator of
Baron Noir
, chose for his new series directed by Ziad Doueri (
Black Hearts, Black Barons
). His starting point? A headbutt. That of a football player assaulted on his coach in an evening accompanied by this racist insult “Sale toubab” (Dirty White). The start of a crisis that the club boss played by Benjamin Biolay must manage. This is where Sam Berger, the character played by Nina Meurisse, comes in…
The actress began her career in the cinema in the year 2000 in
Saint-Cyr
, the very beautiful film by Patricia Mazuy alongside Isabelle Huppert. Seen with Agnès Jaoui (
At the End of the Tale
), in Solveig Anspach's films
Lulu femme nu
or
L'effect aquatic
, she was named among the female revelations at the César in 2020 for
Camille
, centered on the life of photojournalist Camille Lepage . At the same time, she participated in very good series like
Black Hearts
,
BRI
,
Tout va bien
therefore
La Fièvre
in which she leads a merciless war against Ana Girardot, a rival who, like your character, possesses the codes of communication and uses it to flatter our baser instincts.
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Nina Meurisse's role goes far beyond simply saving a football team. This communications specialist will have to build a barrier against populism and even prevent a civil war from igniting France.
Is this series prophetic or a warning to warn us of the fires that await us? Accompanied by Julia Baudin (journalist at Le Figaro screen division), Céline Fontana (deputy editor-in-chief of the screen division) and Pascaline Potdevin (head of the culture department at Madame Figaro), the actress answers us. And talks about the difficulty of interpreting this role of contemporary Pythia.