In “Infiltré(e)”, Audrey Fleurot plays a chemist who will have to infiltrate a drug trafficking network in order to help dismantle it. Is the miniseries credible? The screenwriter answers this question.
In Infiltré(e), which is broadcast every Monday evening on France 2, Audrey Fleurot plays Aurélie, a chemist with the national police who will have to infiltrate a drug trafficking network in order to protect her son.
She works hand in hand with Commissioner Max Vernet, played by Thierry Neuvic, who will try to protect her while she risks her life to carry out her mission. On her way, she will come across the enigmatic Jesus (played by Sumaï Cardenas, who returned to his unusual casting), who runs the network from Marseille.
Does French-style infiltration really exist?
If the Americans have accustomed us to infiltration series, in France, this subject is very rarely addressed by the screenwriters. And for good reason, infiltration into the French police is very little practiced, as Frédéric Krivine, the screenwriter, told us.
“The Americans, the English and even the Israelis practice infiltration and install agents on a long-term basis. In France, it doesn’t work like that at all. The French police will find a source they think is interesting, and they bribe her to work for them. There is sometimes infiltration but it is short term.”
“The SIAT (Interministerial Technical Assistance Service, editor’s note) will send an agent to act as a dealer for a day. He will have a new name, he will arrange meetings and at the end of the day, he will return home. him.”Aurélie’s story is therefore not imaginable in reality, and was invented from scratch by the screenwriter.
“This is not a documentary series, but a documented series”, insisted the screenwriter, who previously worked on the historical series Un Village Français. The goal was therefore not to offer a realistic series but rather to offer fiction that would appeal to as many people as possible.
“We are playwrights. We don’t make slow, realistic shows like The Wire. It’s one of the biggest shows of recent years, but half the people watching are bored to death during the first few episodes. It takes time to settle in. On France 2, we couldn’t do that.”
Find two new, unpublished episodes of Infiltré(e) this Monday, October 2 from 9:10 p.m. on France 2.