Call My Agent! (
Dix Per Cent) landed on Netflix. The show, which follows the workings of a talent agency in central Paris, is like an up-market
Extras in that each episode features a cameo from a celebrity guest or two. Thankfully, unlike
Extras, the show is altogether more optimistic, with much less Ricky Gervais and much more of the alluring grandeur of French cinema.
Anchoring the plot are the four shareholders in the agency: Andréa (Camille Cottin), Mathias (Thibault de Montalembert), Gabriel (Grégory Montel) and Arlette (Liliane Rovère). The conflict, loyalty and disloyalty between the four of them gives much needed continuity to the series, which, by being cameo-oriented, could easily feel disjointed. Their assistants, Camille, Noémie, and, especially Hervé, the fluttering giddy assistant played by Nicolas Maury, add pizzazz and absurdity.