Une Équipe formidable at Le Splendid: behind-the-scenes look at a chaotic shoot

With Une Équipe formidable, Ivan Calbérac plunges into the world of a sinking movie set. A writer and director renowned for his tender yet sharp comedies, he takes on the tensions, awkwardness and contradictory ambitions of a film set in crisis. From September 26, 2025, this play will be staged at the Théâtre du Splendid, with a cast featuringMaud Baecker, Ludivine de Chastenet, Sophie de Fürst, Thomas Sagols, Sébastien Pierre and Benoît Tachoires.

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The action takes place in the canteen of a film shoot, a marginal but central space where all tensions are concentrated. The production has run out of money to finish the film, the star of the cast refuses to act in a nude scene, the director thinks he's being hounded by the Russian secret service, and his assistant dreams of replacing him. These professional issues are compounded by the personal questions of everyone involved, from the make-up artist in search of love to the post-Covid cook unable to taste his own food. This concentrated chaos is exploited to create a contemporary comedy of manners, with lively dialogue, misunderstandings and absurd plot twists.

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This show will appeal to audiences with a taste for troupe comedies, who love stories with drawers, mise en abyme on the world of show business and colorful characters. It will appeal equally to fans of acid humor about the cultural professions and to fans of popular theater. On the other hand, those expecting political satire or a realistic treatment of cinema may not find the analytical dimension they're looking for: here, the spring is primarily comic and fictional.

Une Équipe formidable is in the vein of stage comedies, where dreams of cinema meet the setbacks of everyday life. A joyously chaotic satire of the world of filming, for those who love it when theater plays on the illusions of the seventh art.

Article based on public sources; the show has not been viewed.

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