Nils Schneider in the introspective and paranoid thriller: What is the value of the world does not exist on Arte?

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Adam Wollman is 40 years old and is a web-based journalist for a major national daily newspaper. One morning, a portrait of Axel Schall, the prime suspect in the murder of a young girl in Guersch-sur-Iszoire, appears on the television screen.

When he insists his editor-in-chief to go there immediately for the report, he explains to her that it’s where he grew up. What he does not say is that he knows Axel Chale well: he was his friend. Moreover, Axel Chall was his childhood demigod.

The World Doesn’t Exist Created by Erwan Le Duc – September 26, 2024 on Arte – Episodes Watched: 2/4

A remade past

In March 2023, Erwan Le Duc left Series Mania and was crowned the prize for the best series in the French competition, which went to Under Control, created by Charlie Delwarte. A year later, he returned to Lille with Le Monde n’existe pas (awarded for musical), which he created, co-wrote and directed this time.

And back, it’s all in this mini-series inspired by Fabre Humbert’s novel of the same name. which spreads its action in northern France and the (fictitious) town of Guerres-sur-Iszoire, but retains its essence: the investigation of the main character, which leads him to delve into the past and the conflict between fiction and reality.

“In the movie, the character everyone blames won’t be him in the end”We can hear it in the first of four episodes that Arte will simulcast on September 26. “But in real life, when everything is blamed on someone, it’s rarely a false bullet.”

As a way of juxtaposing the two aspects of Erwan Le Duc’s career, journalist turned screenwriter and director, as well as giving meta trappings to the story that also speaks to the stories we tell. To yourself and to others.

The Shadow of Twin Peaks

Not content with blurring the lines, Erwan Le Duc also blends genres. The introspective and paranoid thriller is tinged with absurdist humor (a character named Janine Tutor, Verlan from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) that brings to mind both Twin Peaks and Bruno Dumont’s Petite work. Quinquin takes the lead.

A few months after the end of silver and blood, where he played the role of Jerome Attias, Niels Schneider is back on the small screen. With a shaved head and more muscles, in a much quieter and more mysterious role: that of a journalist whose secret he tells us in search of the truth.

Is there no end?

In the middle of the road, the world does not exist intrigues, surprises and confusion. Take side steps to deviate from the way we imagined things were portrayed. And frustration because it forces us to the end of the story. What was shown on Seria Mania was not included in the program, because only two episodes were shown there.

But the wait was worth it, and Ervan Le Duc confirmed to us: if the culprit is not revealed at the end of the novel, the mini-series will not leave the audience. “We had to invent the ending”He tells us how to tell stories as a way to further enrich this topic. and surprise