Plus belle la vie

Plus belle la vie
Plus belle la vie
Genre	Soap opera
Theme music composer
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
No. of seasons	17
No. of episodes	4215 + 26 special; (as of 12th February 2021)
Production
Executive producers	Hubert Besson, Telfrance
Production locations	Marseille, France
Running time	24 minutes
Release
Original network	France 3
Picture format	16/9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	30 August 2004 –; present

Plus belle la vie is a French television soap opera based on an idea by Hubert Besson and characters created by Georges Desmouceaux, Bénédicte Achard, Magaly Richard-Serrano and Olivier Szulzynger. On air since 30 August 2004, it is currently shown on France 3 on Monday to Friday evenings at 8:15 p.m. The show began with 17 main actors and gained more later.^[1]

On 11 July 2008, France 3 broadcast its 1000th episode, a milestone in French television. The series set a second record on 8 June 2012, with its 2000th episode.^[1] On 22 April 2016, it broadcast its 3000th episode, and on 21 February 2020, its 4000th episode.

Plot[]

The series follows the daily lives of the inhabitants of "Le Mistral", a fictional neighbourhood in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, where wealthy and less than wealthy families co-exist. It focuses on their evolving love lives and friendships evolve and on the criminal intrigues in which certain residents of the neighbourhood are involved.

Main cast[]

Lætitia Milot, candidate of Danse avec les stars as Mélanie Rinato

Hubert Besson, creator and producer of Plus belle la vie

Actor	Character	Seasons
Colette Renard	Rachel Lévy	seasons 1–5
	Blanche Marci	seasons 1–present
	Mirta Torres	seasons 1–present
	Charlotte Le Bihac	seasons 1–5
Serge Dupire	Vincent Chaumette	seasons 1–present
	Roland Marci	seasons 1–present
	François Marci	seasons 1–2 et 8
	Léo Castelli	seasons 1–9 & 12–present
	Céline Frémont	seasons 1–present
	Lucas Marci	seasons 1–2
Dounia Coesens	Johanna Marci	seasons 1–10
Ambroise Michel	Rudy Torres	seasons 1–10
	Ninon Chaumette	seasons 1–10
	Malik Nassri	seasons 1–4
	Aicha Djellal	season 1
Lætitia Milot	Mélanie Rinato	seasons 1–present
	Charles-Henri Picmal	seasons 1– 2 & 7
	Antoine Frémont	season 1
	Juliette Frémont	seasons 1–4 & 8
	Guillaume Leserman	seasons 1–13
	Luna Torres	seasons 1–present
	Charles Frémont	seasons 1–present
	Thomas Marci	seasons 1–present
	Nathan Leserman	seasons 1–8 & 10–present

Recurring Cast[]

Actor	Character	Seasons
Fabienne Carat	Samia Nassri	seasons 1–present
	Jean-François Leroux	seasons 2–12
	Agathe Robin	season 2–6 & 8
	Véra Madigan	seasons 2–5
	Jean-Baptiste Gauthier	seasons 2–4
	Estelle Cantorel	seasons 3–present
	Franck Ruiz	seasons 3–6 and 11–present
	Florian Estève	seasons 3–7
	Benoît Cassagne	seasons 4–present
	Jean-Paul Boher	seasons 4–present
Pascale Roberts	Wanda Legendre	seasons 4–present
Coline d'Inca	Sybille Cassagne	seasons 4–9
	Raphaël Cassagne	seasons 4–8
	Djawad Sangha	seasons 5–present
	Abdel Fedala	seasons 5–present
	Barbara Évenot	seasons 5–present
	Karim Fedala	seasons 5–present
Françoise Bertin	Josiane Laval	season 5
Catherine Benguigui	Violette Garcin	season 6
Anne Canovas	Anémone Vitreuil	seasons 6–7 et 9–present
	Elsa Bailly	seasons 7–present
	Gabriel Riva	seasons 7–present
	Sacha Malkavian	seasons 7–present
	Jonas Malkavian	seasons 7–12
	Stéphane Prieur	seasons 8–present
	Seta Malkavian	seasons 8–present
Sara Mortensen	Coralie Blain	seasons 8–present
Stéphanie Pareja	Jeanne Carmin	seasons 8–present
	Babeth Nebout	seasons 8–present
	Patrick Nebout	seasons 9–present
	Principal Rochat	seasons 9–present
Céline Vitcoq	Wendy Lesage	seasons 9–13
Marie-Christine Adam	Marie-Christine Walter	seasons 16–present
Lola Marois-Bigard	Ariane Hersant	seasons 17–present

Impact[]

A movie theater in the Panier district of Marseille, inspired by Plus Belle la Vie

At first it was difficult to attract viewers. However, after striving to create more dynamic story lines, by the second season Plus belle la vie had an audience of five million. On Valentine's Day 2006, a plot involving Nicolas Barrel's death drew an audience of 6,329,600.^[2] On 17 November 2008 Plus belle la vie received its highest ever ratings, with over 6.8 million viewers and a 24.9% audience share.^[3]

The series regularly averages an audience of 5.3 million viewers with a 23.2% audience share each weekday evening.^[4]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ""Plus belle la vie" débarque dans le Nord !". francetv info.
^ "Toujours plus belle la vie". parismatch.com.
^ "Audiences : record historique pour "Plus belle la vie"". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
^ "L'audience encore plus belle jeudi soir". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-03-08.

External links[]

Plus belle la vie at IMDb

[published_28/09/2013-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ""Plus belle la vie" débarque dans le Nord !". francetv info.

[Toujours_plus_belle_la_vie-2] "Toujours plus belle la vie". parismatch.com.

[3] "Audiences : record historique pour "Plus belle la vie"". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2011-03-08.

[4] "L'audience encore plus belle jeudi soir". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-03-08.

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