Therapy Season 2 on Arte: “There was a time when I felt like I was directly in psychoanalysis” for Jacques Weber.

In the second season of En Thérapie, which airs every Thursday at 8:55 p.m. on Arte, with five episodes in the evening, Dr. Philippe Diane (Frederic Piero), now divorced and living in a small house on the outskirts of Paris, gets four To a new patient. firm. The characters are loosely based on the characters created by showman Haggai Levy in the original BeTipul series.

With the rise of the health crisis, “We find ourselves in the middle of a big moment of uncertainty“, Recalls Eric Toledano. “The first season has worked, we feel a pretty strong and warm return, and this time we are asking ourselves, should we continue or not, whenWe find ourselves in the middle of a big moment of doubt.

“When you are a screenwriter or a director, you are wondering how to deal with it, how to present it and what you will say about COVID. This has affected all of us and put us in question and at the end of the conversation with the production and the art we tell ourselves that we need to move forward, we need to talk about what we are experiencing.“

They then contacted Haggai Levy to ask his opinion on his desire to deal with the health crisis, to which the Israeli showman responds enthusiastically. “But you are crazy, I obviously have to tell you that moment!He told us. Together with Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat, the screenwriter and screenwriter for this season, they imagine how this crisis will affect the characters.

“Diane can not go to see her father with EHPAD, Allen can not fly the plane to connect with his daughter … We are locked up, hindered, connected to others or in the process of isolating ourselves .. there is an interrogation that is generated and we tell ourselves that it is relevant to reflection To be continued.“

“With us, the desire for the team we created in the first season multiplied even more, because we still wanted to create a team.“- adds Olivier Nakache.And lo and behold, we go even further in the souls of Dr. Diane and her patients, thanks to these demanding authors and directors whose films we greatly appreciate.“

Then the screenwriters have nine months to write thirty-five episodes. The main test for Clemens Madeleine-Perdilate and his writing studio, always challenging the modernization of the Haggai Levy text.That feedback there with the present“But deal with the five-year-old ellipse, which differs from the original version.

Among the major changes this season compared to BeTipul is also the character of Claire, played by Charlotte Gainsburg, which has been completely changed because in the original series it was the equivalent of the character of Esther played by Carol Bouquet. Which we saw face to face with Diane in Season 2.

The fruit of the work done with Emmanuel Finkiel, who directs six episodes with Claire. “We were really in free adaptation and at first we did not appreciate the huge amount of hard work it would take in such a short time.“, The screenwriter continues.

“Claire’s writing was performed in two stages– Explains the director.First up to episode 25, and then a lot of other things were done according to Charlotte Gainsburg, with the fact that she created a character that could not have been on paper in advance. He did something completely convincing and at the same time so unique that he could not have imagined beforeThat’s why recent episodes with Claire have taken into account this meeting of the character and the participation of the actor.

“The text was very tempting for me to be on the couch in my life“Laughs Jacques Weber, who plays Allen, one of the new patients of the season.We realize very quickly that we have to go through our own hearts, it is not just an interpretation. And if Frederick is not there, I am not the same. We are not well all alone.”

“There were really times when I felt that I was directly in psychoanalysis– he says with emotion.I forgot that at first I was some kind of stupid Bernard Tap and that suddenly there was a person behind him, a sensitivity. And I found myself, little boy, with billions of me arguing in front of a psychoanalyst.“

For Eye Haïdara, who teamed up with Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache after Le Sens de la fête, character printing is like a form of personal therapy. “In this adventure we have a chance to reach the end. At the end of the filming I was ready to play Ines“, He laughs.”I think from this experience it is very fair to say that we do not play alone– he continues and responds to Jacques Weber.Without Frederick Ines would have been different; Without Agnes (Zhui, director) Ines would have been different, even without a team.“

The actor then recalls a personal anecdote: During the filming, two technicians, a man and a woman, came to find him, to say that they were bothering his character because Ines, that’s who they were, he quotes. “I really had a feeling that I had a responsible responsibility for this text in relation to this important duty issue. Many topics in Ines are universal.“

Meanwhile, Aliocha Delmott discovered En Thérapie as a spectator and received a casting for 2 seasons thanks to her mother. “Every time I read the script, I recognized myself in the protagonist. Like Robin, I experienced imprisonment“, He recalls.

“A young actor who seduced a directing duo”Shouted Frederick Piero– Laughs Eric Toledano.He looked calm, and then he yelled at me during training and he did it so well that I was very tired and I had no idea he had it in the engine.“

“Together with Olivier we already lead the kids, we made a film at Summer Camp (Nos Jourshappy, Editor’s note) and this isIt is very rare for someone to listen at his age. It was one of the crucial elements when we chose him, the fact that he has this palette gave us confidence.“

For Susan Lyndon, Lydia’s character was her first hearing as an actress. “When I read the text, I did not want to leave this character to anyone else, I really wanted to protect him.“, He explains.”I feel very lucky to have teamed up with Frederick, Arno (Desplechin, Director, Editor’s Note) and me. I was captivated by their listening to Frederick and watching and meeting Arno. I learned everything with them since they first chose me.“

“Frederick is a central element in building a Season 2 opportunity, with this regularity, this investment, reading and responding to texts, upstream … possible because we all have it over a period of time. The relationship with Frederick, the investment he can make in this project“, Emphasizes Eric Toledano.

“What excites me most about this second season is that we had live exchanges, with scenarios, doubts and no topics to avoid, we all faced them.– Continues Frederic Piero. I often thought that cinema was a very violent activity, but there was real energy swirling between us. He enriched and enriched us. What makes me immensely happy in retrospect is the consideration with what respect, courtesy, and elegance it all was done to all the interlocutors.“