Disney+ is putting the first season of “Everything is OK” online this Wednesday, a drama starring Virginie Efira and Sara Giraudeau which follows a family having to deal with the illness of one of the children. Our review.
What is it about ?
The daily life of an ordinary family, therefore inevitably neurotic and conflicted, confronted with the serious illness of one of its children. Anne, the matriarch of the Vasseur tribe, successful author of personal development books, is confronted with a #metoo which affects her publisher and lover.
Her husband Pascal is looking for his place with this woman who takes a lot. Claire, very involved and disturbed by her niece’s illness, must also forge links with the daughter of her partner Antonio, whose ex-wife does not give them any gifts.
Marion tries to keep her family life with Stéphane afloat and cope with her daughter Rose’s illness by escaping into a relationship with Louis. As for Vincent, Claire and Marion’s brother, a steward seemingly detached from everything, will face the reality of life head-on.
Everything is fine available this Wednesday, November 15 on Disney +
Who is it with?
Headed by Camille de Castelnau, who notably worked on the scenarios of Bureau des Légendes and Drôle, Tout va bien is carried by a gallery of characters who portray the Vasseur family.
Virginie Efira, who won the César for best actress this year in 2023 for Revoir Paris, slips into the shoes of Claire, the eldest of the siblings. His little sister, Marion, is played by Sara Giraudeau, aka Marina Loiseau in the hit series The Office of Legends, while the youngest is played by Alyocha Schneider, recently seen in the Prime Video series Salade Grecque.
Nicole Garcia (Lupin) and Bernard Le Coq (A wonderful family) play the parents. Yannik Landrein (Doc Martin), Mehdi Nebbou (Commander Karadec in HPI) and Eduardo Noriega (The Translators) complete the cast.
Camille de Castelnau is accompanied in writing by Gaëlle Bellan (Engrenages, Le Bureau des Légendes), Benjamin Adam (L’Opéra, Paris Police 1900) and Christophe Régin (La Surface de Réparation).
The first two episodes are directed by Eric Rochant, known for his work on Le Bureau des Légendes. The shots of the following were provided by Xavier Legrand (Juqu’à la garde), Cathy Verney (Vernom Subutex) and Audrey Estrougo (Suprêmes).
It’s worth checking out ?
If family series are commonplace in France, few of them venture into the register of dramatic comedy. With Tout va bien, Camille de Castelnau, who worked on the scenarios for the Bureau des Légendes, draws inspiration from her own story and paints the portrait of a family not quite like the others, which is, deep down, very ordinary.
A family who must face the illness of a child with a life-threatening prognosis. Faced with this tragedy, each member will react in their own way. Enter the mother who keeps repeating that “everything is fine”, the girl who lives in complete denial in the face of her child’s cancer and the sister who can’t help but think worse, Camille de Castelnau offers us a gallery of characters far from the clichés of the genre.
In Tout va bien, the members of the Vasseur family are not perfect. They have their problems, their lives and it is not the illness of one of them that will prevent the problems from occurring. If in the first episodes, we have difficulty becoming attached to the characters, who at first seem to be individualistic and self-centered, we quickly understand that their reactions, sometimes surprising, are in reality a way of coping with the drama.
Little by little, we learn to love them, the climax being the last two episodes, which will probably bring a little tear to your eyes. Si Tout va bien is a dramatic series, Camille de Castelnau, thanks to her intelligent writing, manages to slip in small touches of well-felt humor which lighten the subject and defuse tragic situations.
If the series shines with its scenarios, the casting is of course not left out. Virginie Efira, who recently won the César for Best Actress, once again proves her talent as an actress. For her part, Sara Giraudeau, whom viewers know best as Marina Loiseau in Le Bureau des Légendes, is touching in the skin of this mother who tries by all means to keep her head above water.
She does everything to minimize her daughter’s illness, but will very quickly be overtaken by the tragedy, thus offering the actress strong scenes, which cannot leave one indifferent.