The singer and actress will play a podcast creator in the romantic comedy “Irresistible”, directed by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat and whose release date is not yet known.
The singer and actress Camélia Jordana will take on the main role of a series for the first time, in Irresistiblea romantic comedy that will be broadcast this year on Disney +, the platform told AFP on Monday.
Irresistible is created by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat, who directed the writing of season 2 of the Arte series In therapy.
Camélia Jordana plays the role of a successful podcast creator who has a crush on a mathematician. But as soon as she finds herself in his presence, she experiences panic attacks due to the trauma left in her by a previous breakup.
The singer and actress is accompanied on screen by Théo Navarro-Mussy (Hippocrates), Simon Ehrlacher (More beautiful life, Ghosts) or Marion Seclin (christmas flow).
According to Disney+, Irresistible is set in “a realistic and authentic Paris, far from tourist clichés” and is partly shot “in rarely filmed districts”, the 19th and 20th arrondissements.
Six new French productions
Irresistible (6 episodes of 30 minutes), whose filming has just started and whose broadcast date is not yet known, is one of the six new French productions on the Disney+ menu in 2023.
The others are the fiction series The lovers, season 2 (with François Damiens and Vincent Dedienne, available since January 4) and Everything is fine (with Virginie Efira and Nicole Garcia), the documentary series Kaiser Karl on fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, and the films Antigang: the next generation and An area to defend.
After notably the critically acclaimed series Oussekine last year, Disney +, “present in more than 100 countries”, wishes to offer “more original French creations”, explained Pauline Dauvin, vice-president in charge of its original content, in a press release presenting its program for 2023.
“France is full of talent, with real know-how when it comes to certain genres such as French action, which in particular enjoys great success outside of France,” she said. for follow-up.
In addition to French productions, Disney+ will offer several new international series. Among them, The Full Monty (the sequel to the hit film 25 years later, with the same actors), Ahsokafrom the Star Wars universe, or even Anatomy of a Divorce (with Jesse Eisenberg and Claire Danes).
