BAC Nord on Netflix: How Francois Civil worked on his Marseille accent

Available in the Netflix catalog since May 7, BAC Nord has attracted a lot of subscribers after Cédric Jimenez’s feature film has already climbed to the top of the platform’s top views.

There’s nothing surprising about one of AlloCiné’s audience favorites of 2021, which drew more than 2.2 million people to the cinema and won a César for high school students.

BAC Nord, written by Cédric Jiménez and Audrey Divan, is inspired by the scandal that took place in 2012 in the Marseille Anti-Crime Brigade, where eighteen of its members were convicted of drug trafficking and racketeering.

Francois Civil with a Marseille accent

BAC Nord follows a group of police officers from the field brigade in the northern districts of Marseille, which have a sad record, namely the highest crime rate in France. Under the leadership of the leader, the group constantly strives to improve its results.

In high-risk sectors, police officers adapt their methods, sometimes crossing the yellow line. Until the day the legal system turns against them…

In the cast of BAC Nord we find Gilles Lelouch, Adele Exarchopoulos, Karim Leclos, Kenza Fortas, Cyril Lecomte, Michael Abitboule and above all the unexpected Francois Civil.

Southern accent, neck-feet haircut, intense physical training… the actor sacrificed himself for the role of a policeman in the muscle thriller Bac Nord. François Civil, who moved to Marseille a month before filming to absorb the atmosphere of Marseilles, told AlloCiné when the film was released how he became Antoine, the mad dog of the police.

An interview to be found in the player above us, where he also discusses, in the company of director Cedric Jimenez, one of the film’s most impressive scenes, in which the cops storm the city.

Movie BAC North Available on Netflix.