“Exceptional”: 4.3 out of 5 This is the highest rated work of Geraldine Nakache’s career

Geraldine Nakashi is currently starring in Ronan Tronchot’s The Father. In this drama, set in a small town in the center of France, the actress plays Louise, a single mother who, 11 years after the birth of her son, proposes to Simon (Gregory Gadebois), the father, who is now a priest. Identifying his son.

An actor, but also a director – we owe him the comedies “All That Shines”, “We York” and “I’ll Go Where You Go”. Geraldine Nakache made her film debut in 2006 in Comme t’y es belle! By Lisa Azuelos. Since then, the 44-year-old actor has acted in 40 films and TV series.

What is the highest rated work of his career?

With an average audience rating of 4.3 stars out of 5 for 2,076 ratings, the highest rated entry in the filmography. Geraldine Nakache is a Hippocrates series inspired by the Thomas Lilte film of the same name. In this Canal+ series, the actress plays the role of Nathalie Ferrandi, director of the Raymond-Poincaré hospital, where the series takes place.

Before the release of the movie “Hippocrates” in 2014, the former doctor Thomas Lilt had an idea for a series about the world of the hospital. Rejection of his project by TV channels eventually forced him to rework his concept into a single feature film. However, the director does not give up on the original idea. The latter also explains the AlloCiné on the microphone: “I wanted to tell more about the hospital, the institution, but also about what it means to be a young internist, dealing with death and life, the first responsibility. I felt I had more to say.”

Nominated for a César (Red Hens also won a César for Best Supporting Actor), the film attracted nearly a million viewers to French cinemas. Its success allows for a TV series.

In 2017, Thomas Lilly announced that a series directed by Louise Burgoyne, Kareem LeClou, Alice Bellaid, Zachary Chacerio, Ann Consin, Geraldine Nakache and Jackie Berroyer would see the light of day. Broadcast on Canal+ since November 2018, the 8-episode series is a success and the second season started and aired in April 2021.

A more realistic medical series than American series

From 138 viewer reviews, Hippocrates has 118 3-star reviews. Yetcha of Club AlloCiné writes: “This series is exceptional. Accuracy, truth, intensity, acting, immersion, tension and the list of extras is long. If you put your finger in it, you won’t come out until the episodes are over. A great French series that I hope will last for a long time .”

For Olivier, it is “an excellent series, much more realistic than the American surrealist series. The actors are all fantastic.” Alexandre L wrote in turn: “I devoured season 2 in a few days. Louise Bourgoin is breathtaking. A harsh but terrifyingly realistic transcription of the French health care system.”

“A fair look at a healthcare system that has run out of steam”

For Adelma d’Otranto, it is “a good serial adaptation of the title film by its creator”. The latter adds: “We know Thomas Lilt’s background as a doctor and what he describes is surgically accurate, very close to a documentary. He shows us a public hospital at its worst, due to financial constraints, its management and also some patients who ask too much of it. It also shows, and this is even more disturbing, caregivers who are approaching burnout or worse. A far cry from the glitz of the American medical series Hippocrates is a fair appearance. A scalpel on a health care system running out of steam, supported by great men and women, but for how long?”

However, L’Chapellier regrets that the second season is less engaging than the first: “The second season is much less addictive than the first season, dominated by the masterful Louise Burgoyne. She disappears in season 2 in favor of lovable but ordinary characters. The same goes for the plot, which sometimes gets stuck, A far cry from the spectacular sequences of the first season (what an episode 7!)”

The first two seasons of Hippocrates are available on myCanal. The filming of the third season took place in 2023, it is not yet known exactly when the 6 episodes will be broadcast. Meanwhile, Geraldine Nakashi stars in Dad.