Xavier Lacaille, hero of the series "Parliament": "I found my inner clowns"
Interview by Arnaud Sagnard
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Xavier Lacaille and Patrick Ligardes in season 4 of the series "Parliament." It's not easy for newcomers to enter Europe's holy of holies. CH.LARTIGE/FTV/CINETEVE
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Interview : With his role as a parliamentary assistant lost within the European institutions, Xavier Lacaille has made "Parliament" a high-flying political and educational series. On the occasion of the broadcast of the fourth and final season, the actor and screenwriter reflects on this role and on a rapidly evolving series market.
It's over. After this fourth and final season, available starting Wednesday, May 7 on the France.tv platform, "Parliament," the brilliant series about the mysteries of the European Union, is coming to an end. A little gem of writing and comedy, this creation by Noé Debré has achieved the feat of making its audience laugh for five years while carrying out important educational work on the complexity and necessity of the community institutions of the Old Continent. A challenge in a world of series that loves arenas with easily readable stakes.
As former parliamentary assistant Samy Kantor moves from Parliament to the Commission, it's time to take stock with the person most concerned, actor and screenwriter Xavier Lacaille. A gifted jack-of-all-trades, this hyperactive chatterbox takes the opportunity to give us his perspective on the TV series industry, in which the thirty-year-old has been a major contributor for the past ten years.
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