Name: Dealer
Genre: Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure
Released: 2021-03-10
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Abdramane Diakité, Mohamed Boudouh, Sébastien Houbani

A music video shoot goes full Lord of the Flies in 10-minute chaos bombs.

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French 'End of Watch' on bath saltsTikTok gang warfareAnxiety in a bottle

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10 min

Season 1 • Episode 10

Latest

Big Shot

Mar 10, 2021

As the gang rivalry reaches a boiling point, Franck and Thomas are caught in the crossfire while the cameras are rolling.

Overview

Drama Crime Action & Adventure

Tensions erupt when two filmmakers infiltrate an area ruled by gangs to shoot a music video for a rapper in this gritty found-footage series.

FR French

Content warning

rap music music video found footage miniseries drug trafficking gang war gang violence

Performative masculinityArt vs. exploitationEscalation and complicityThe camera as weapon

Standout Aspects

Direction

Found-footage that actually justifies its existence.

Acting

Non-pros so real you'll Google if they're actually dead.

Editing

Chaos cut with surgical panic.

Best for:Binge·Solo·Rewatch

Heads up:Violence·Triggers

Creators

Ange Basterga, Nicolas Lopez

First AiredMar 10, 2021

StatusEnded

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensityhigh

Tonedark

Feelheavy

Seasons1·Episodes10

Top Cast

Sébastien Houbani

Franck

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Shot in actual French cités with local non-actors; some 'gang members' were playing themselves. The directors had to stop filming multiple times when real police arrived.

Cultural

Released the same year as Athena, forming an accidental diptych of French banlieue cinema—Dealer as claustrophobic micro-drama vs. Athena's operatic explosion.