France Télévisions plans “
583 days of filming in the Marseille region
” of several series in 2023 to “
compensate for the impact of the stoppage
” of the emblematic soap opera “
Plus belle la vie
”, announced Friday its president, Delphine Ernotte.
“
This substantial investment, of 35.6 million euros for the year 2023, will represent 13% of our budget devoted to French fiction
”, assured Delphine Ernotte in this message published the day after the last day of filming of “
More belle la vie
”, the final two episodes of which will be broadcast on November 18 on France 3.
“
Beyond 2023, we will perpetuate this commitment
”, promised the leader, according to which “
France Télévisions will be there with the Marseille audiovisual sector
”.
"
Alex Hugo, Simon Coleman, Marianne, La Peste or Bistromania are all series that will allow the Marseille audiovisual sector to continue to develop and make Marseille shine on all screens in France
", believes Delphine Ernotte.
For her, the 583 days of filming planned in Marseille next year allow France Télévisions to "
exceed the commitment made of 500 additional days of filming in Marseille to compensate for the impact of the stoppage of the soap opera
".
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The last take of "
Plus belle la vie
" took place late Thursday afternoon in the historic studios of Belle-de-Mai, a working-class district of Marseille, after eighteen years of broadcasting and 4,665 episodes shot, which made it "
the longest daily French series in history
", according to France Télévisions.
It has employed nearly 600 people each year After a timid start in 2004, "
Plus belle la vie
", which told the daily life of the inhabitants of the fictional Marseille district of Mistral, has become a phenomenon by taking hold of societal themes until there rarely addressed in tricolor fiction (gay marriage, GPA, transidentity...).
““
Plus belle la vie
”
will have marked the history of French television
”, wrote Delphine Ernotte, stressing that the soap opera “
has accompanied the daily life of millions of French people
”, “
has dared to approach our lives without taboos and makes resonate developments in our society
.
After reaching a peak of some seven million viewers in the 2000s, audiences had fallen to 2.7 million viewers in 2021-2022.