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Orelsan: Never Show This to Anyone

2021–2022 · 2 seasons

An intimate, unhurried look at a rapper's rise, warm with friendship and family, and quietly absorbing.

Overview
In the early 2000s, Aurelien Cotentin is a young middle-class man from Caen with an uncertain future. When he gets into rap music with his friends, he's really starting from the bottom. Yet, through hardships, controversies and constantly being filmed by his admiring little brother, Aurelien becomes Orelsan, one of the most popular French artists of his generation, changing the rap genre forever.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • music
    • ambition
    • family
    • identity
    • friendship
    Places
    • small town
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language strong
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour4
    Realism9
    Romance2
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Created by
    Clément Cotentin, Christophe Offenstein
    Starring
    Orelsan, Skread, Gringe, Clément Cotentin, Ablaye
    Length
    2 seasons, 10 episodes, 40 min each
    Network
    Prime Video
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French, Spanish

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