7.053 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestAlphonse and Margot have to improvise a jet-setter’s vacation in Nice. Lonely in Paris, Alphonse’s mother calls an escort service that comes highly recommended. After proposing marriage to Marthe, Jacques gets outmaneuvered by Wilfried and loses the money to him. Alphonse’s first client back from vacation is a beautiful woman with a Southern accent.
Alphonse, a quadragenarian going through a professional and marital crisis, reconnects with a father he barely knew and discovers a surprising new calling. Along the way, he meets a galaxy of women, each more exciting and quirkier than the last, plunging him into a journey that is both perilous and transgressive, yet filled with kindness.
Acting
Dujardin commits fully to pathetic horniness, it's almost heroic
Writing
Bedos' dialogue walks a tightrope between cringe and genuine pathos
Production
Paris looks expensive even when everything's falling apart
Creator
Nicolas Bedos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bedos continues his obsession with fading French masculinity after 'La Belle Époque' — this time with added sex work and daddy issues.
The series quietly critiques France's treatment of aging women by making their desires visible and complex, not merely punchlines — though it sometimes fumbles this.
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