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Under Control

2023 · 1 season

A dry, tense workplace comedy that finds absurdity in high-stakes diplomacy, keeping you alert to the human cost behind bureaucratic decisions.

Created by
Charly Delwart
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Léa Drucker, Samir Guesmi, Laurent Stocker
Overview
Marie, ex-head of a humanitarian NGO, is appointed French Minister for Diplomatic Relations. On her first day she has to deal with 5 European kept hostage in the Sael region she knows well.

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Created by
Charly Delwart
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Léa Drucker, Samir Guesmi, Laurent Stocker
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • power
  • morality
  • work
  • survival
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Created by
Charly Delwart
Written by
Charly Delwart
Starring
Léa Drucker, Samir Guesmi, Laurent Stocker, Samuel Churin, Patrick d'Assumçao, Lionel Laget, Machita Daly, Youssef Sahraoui
Cinematography
Jordane Chouzenoux
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 30 min each
Network
ARTE
Country
France
Languages
French

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