After her moving role in the series
Sambre
, which earned her thousands of testimonials on Instagram, we find
Alix Poisson
in the register that made her popular, family comedy.
The ex-heroine of
Parents Instructions
is in the credits of
La Tribu
, a six-episode drama which debuts on
TF1
, a series written by Manon Dyllis (who collaborated on the script of
Fais pas ci, fait pas ça
).
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Alix Poisson plays Camille, in a relationship with Martin (Jonathan Zaccaï), forty-somethings in love who struggle to make the best of their blended family, between their respective children, the sister, the parents, but also the exes... Meeting at the festival of fiction from La Rochelle, where the series was presented last September, just like
Sambre
.
TV MAGAZINE. - What attracted you to this project?
When reading the script, I liked the tone, with a real roller coaster, some very strong emotional moments, others very funny, a successful mix.
I wanted to do comedy again.
I always had the chance to alternate but I had a series of very “busy” projects.
Comedy provides a lot of pleasure even if it is also difficult because you have to be particularly attentive to your partners, it's a bit like a musical score.
I also liked the character, for whom the best is the enemy of the good.
Camille is hyperpositive, hypersolar, she lost her parents and chose this path.
It literally becomes exhausting.
Even for her!
“You had to be ultra-sincere and not be afraid of going dramatic.
I love being able to allow myself such turns.
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How do you situate this fiction in relation to
Parents instructions
?
Camille could have been Isabelle Martinet's little sister.
An excessive side, several children... But, in a short program, the cursor is placed higher.
We can indulge in things that are not at all realistic.
Whereas here, in a column, the challenge is to ensure that we become attached to this family.
You had to be ultra-sincere and not be afraid to get dramatic.
I love being able to allow myself such turns.
How to “be a family” on screen?
I had a blended family growing up, but on the show it's a thousand times more fun than in real life.
In fiction, there is always a place where everyone finds themselves.
The clashes are resolved.
There is no recipe when working with children, I start from the principle that it is up to us to adapt to them.
We had a 7-year-old comedy bombshell.
The first takes, she was “on fire”, proposed something every ten seconds, you had to be on point because then she was exhausted!
This is the essence of our job, creating alchemy in these moments.
There was sometimes a happy mess, it was crazy, we really visualize what this new family unit represents.