A group of friends (
Panayotis Pascot
,
Fary Lopes B
, Jason Brokerss,
Guillermo Guiz
and Adib Alkhalidey) meet up the day before the funeral of their mutual friend.
This tragic event pushes them to spend a sleepless night during which they will question their own existence without knowing that one of them has a crucial announcement to make to them.
“We started from the idea that we were friends and that we were having our deepest and most important conversations of our lives in a moment when we least expected it
,” summarizes Adib Alkhalidey, who co-writes the series with Panayotis Pascot and Béatrice Fournera
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A base not so far from reality as the five standup artists are friends in life.
“We started from something real, authentic which is our friendship.
What makes this series strong is that there is nothing forced about the acting, we are all more or less like that when we try to make each other laugh and we are all very sensitive
,” assures the Quebec comedian.
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Throughout the night, these five men will question who they are, where they are in their lives, their relationship to friendship, love, mourning and even masculinity.
“They will sort out their internal problems.
Existential questions that tend towards drama
,” explains Panayotis Pascot.
Bachelor Party
oscillates, in fact, between humor and tears, a unique challenge in the audiovisual landscape.
“
It was interesting to work on themes that are dear to us and to be able to develop them with humor and compassion
,” adds the young comedian.
“Our challenge was to make these questions accessible to a wider audience and to ensure that viewers could identify with us and be comfortable with these subjects
,” continues Fary.
Panayotis Pascot goes behind the camera
By allowing themselves this introspection, emotions that they did not expect arise in the five characters.
“This series is a great opportunity to invite men in general to explore their sensitivity
,” analyzes Adib Alkhalidey.
With this series, Panayotis Pascot takes his first steps as a director.
For his first experience behind the camera, he was able to count on the experience of Adib Alkhalidey.
Indeed, the 36-year-old Quebecer can boast of having several productions for television, platforms and cinema to his credit.
“I experienced this shoot like a colony with a lot of super cool and pleasant experience.
We laughed a lot when it was working and when it wasn't and I hope that is reflected in the series
,” concludes the young man who truly has the wind in his sails.
The first two episodes of
Bachelor Party
are broadcast on Canal+ this Wednesday February 14 at 11:45 p.m., the following two on Wednesday February 21 at the same time.
The entire series is available on MyCanal from today.
Jason Brokerss, Fary Lopes B, Panayotis Pascot, Adib Alkhalidey and Guillermo Guiz in Calt Story / CANAL+