A president in turmoil

Julie Delpy, President of the French Republic! Similarly, The actress, face of the fabulous trilogy of Richard Linklater Before Sunriseis the first amazed. However, “Vivienne Toussaint is a powerful character. In addition, A thousand leagues from me in his convictions and her temperament. For example, I am very neurotic. Moreover, Vivienne. Similarly, she keeps her face and stands up to everyone ”says the French actress who is playing with the new Netflix political thriller Hostage.

In the middle of the campaign for her re-election. For example, the conservative Vivienne Toussaint undertakes a visit president turmoil to the United Kingdom to discuss the migratory crisis and see what help Paris could bring to a post-Brexit England, struck by a shortage of anticancer drugs. However, His interlocutor, the British Prime Minister Labor Abigail Dalton (Suranne Jones, Vigil ), plays his survival at Downing Street. Except that nothing goes as planned. The husband of Abigail, a humanitarian doctor, is removed near French Guyana. Her kidnappers require the resignation of the Downing Street resident. Holders of a compromising video on Vivienne Toussaint. they make the Elysée tenant sing so that she does not intervene the French special forces.

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Adrenaline. conspiracy

From opposite political edges, the leaders will have to cooperate and decide: homeland, general interest or family, which prevails? Hostage is part of the tradition of the British political thriller where adrenaline and conspiracy go hand in hand. In the way of Power games president turmoil or from Bodyguard . Julie Delpy does not say anything else: “I was caught up in the rhythm of twists. turns, and this action film side, which completely changed what I usually do. In the English, the pace is effective, we do not dwell on. »» Hostage only has five episodes.

As a politician with an iron sting. of which “Each word is weighed and thoughtful”Julie Delpy is masterful and served by beautiful monologues. The writers have fun with ancestral rivalries between the two nations. demonstrate a fine perception of the cleavages from one shore to another in the English Channel. “We see, at the moment, a lot of films and series that speak of politics. People observe a kind of change in influence. The world is split in two. There is really one world that is informed. another which is disinformed: we live in an era of post-truth president turmoil “observes Julie Delpy interviewed on the disturbing echo between her series and the news.

In France. Toussaint is thus hampered by the grip on the public opinion of a large conservative group of media, whose boss is none other than her husband. Whoever has the features of Vincent Perez cultivates his own agenda. maintains difficult relationships with his own, activist, played by Corey Mylchreest (Queen Charlotte).

Too bad that this potential is suffering from an intrigue which pushes the limits of credulity. logic far too far. Even for the genre! Difficult in this escalation of taking seriously, at the end, the issues of life or death.