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Latest Episode

52 min

Season 1 • Episode 8

Latest

Manipulation

Feb 4, 2008

Overview

Pierre, Raphael and Jules are golden boys and longtime friends. Pierre, the most flamboyant of them, is in great financial difficulty. He hid all his problems from his wife Alex. Soon Alex will, to repay the debts inherited from her husband, return to the palace Brongniart by the door, in the midst of stock market turmoil in the 90s. Flames, friendships, betrayals, insider trading, tax havens, money laundering, in a macho environment devoted to the cult of secrecy ...

Content warning

banks finances hedge fund

Masculine fragility and performative dominanceComplicity in systemic corruptionGendered economic sacrificeFriendship as transactional loyalty

Standout Aspects

Production

Pristine 90s period detail — brick phones, suspenders, sweat.

Acting

Annelise Hesme's controlled fury outshines every screaming trader.

Best for:Binge·Solo

Heads up:Sexual Content

Creator

Xavier Durringer

First AiredJan 14, 2008

StatusEnded

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonedark

Feelmedium

Seasons1·Episodes8

Top Cast

Annelise Hesme

Laetitia

Bruno López

Paul

Édouard Montoute

Ziggy

Éric Savin

Raphaël

Dan Herzberg

Jules

Anne Charrier

Hélène

Gérald Laroche

Chapman

Laure Marsac

Alex

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

The Brongniart palace is the actual historic Paris stock exchange building, making the title 'Scalp' doubly literal — financial scalping in a temple of capitalism.

Insight

Durringer directed the 2011 film 'L'Exercice de l'État' (The Minister) about political corruption; this series extends his obsession with French institutional rot.