Tonight on TV: A social and solidarity film with Captain Marlowe himself!

If you enjoyed Jeremy Rosen’s cash-strapped, con-and-heist movie backed by a rich cast (including Raphael Quenard), you’ll probably enjoy this French comedy from Louis-Julien Petit (La Brigade, Les Invisibles).

Released in 2015, Discount tells the story of a solidarity project by several employees of Hard Discount to fight the installation of automatic cash registers that threaten to change their positions. their idea? Secretly set up a discount store, collecting discarded products.

A social comedy about food waste, the plight of vendors and, above all, instability, highlighted by precisely measured humorous notes.

Angoulême Festival Public Prize in 2014, discount Actors Olivier Barthelemy, Sara Succo, Pablo Pauli, but also Pascal Demolon, recently cast in the TV series Fiasco with Pierre Nini, interpret on the screen.

But above all, the headliner of this sunny and helpful comedy is an actor well known to the general public: Corinne Masiero, nicknamed Captain Marlowe.

Corinne Masiero, from police to cashier

If the image of a strange policeman sticks to the skin Corinne MasieroHowever, it is not uncommon to see him in more human roles. This happens especially in the movie discountwhere he plays the role of a rebellious salesman.

She gives her qualities to a woman who has spent her entire career in the Hard Discount brand and who is determined to fight for her values.

Ten years after this film, Corinne Masiero He continued his path in social comedies, and in 2023 he participated in the casting of Pauline Gay’s short film Pavane. The actor plays a factory worker in uncertain circumstances, but passionate about this profession, who is preparing to leave after thirty years of service.

The following year, she lent her features to the maid Nessim Chikhau in Petites mains. Too often touching, heartfelt roles like the one he plays here in this film Louis-Julien Petit.

Tonight on C8 at 9.20pm.