Héloïse Goy, with Alexis Patri
TF1 launches Thursday evening season 9 of its series “Léo Matteï, brigade of minors”. Jean-Luc Reichmann, its main actor, explains the same day at the microphone of Europe 1 why his role within the program is still so close to his heart. This season 9 also welcomes two new recurring characters.
Commander Léo Matteï is back in service. TF1 inaugurates Thursday evening the 9th season of its series Léo Matteï, restraint of minors, worn by Jean-Luc Reichmann. His character begins a new phase of his professional life in the juvenile brigade. This new season will address the themes of school bullying via social networks, omerta in a family well in all respects, or even the suffering of a child faced with the divorce of his parents.
Arrival of Lola Dubini and Stomy Bugsy in the casting
Themes that all touched Jean-Luc Reichmann. “If this series could no longer exist, it would be great: it would mean that there are no more problems. Unfortunately, there are problems everywhere. The predators are more and more present and the pandemic does not hasn’t helped things,” said the comedian at the microphone of Europe 1. “There are more and more people hiding behind social networks. witness a suicide in a school. I will always fight for the children and for them to try to free the floor. The more we talk about it, the less it will happen.”
Despite these rather dark subjects, this season is intended to be particularly positive and filled with humor. Especially thanks to the new characters in the series. The actors Lola Dubini and Stomy Bugsy join the character of Léo Mattéï in the minors’ brigade as a lieutenant and commander. Another character, more unexpected, joins this brigade: Donna, a disabled police dog who is none other than Jean-Luc Reichmann’s dog in real life.
Jean-Luc Reichmann directed by his wife Nathalie Lecoultre
Two episodes of this season were directed by Nathalie Lecoultre, the wife of Jean-Luc Reichmann. “The goal is above all not to disappoint the other. That is to say that the bar is very high. On the one hand, the director does not want to disappoint the actor that I am. other side, the actor does not want to disappoint the director”, explains the actor. “There is even a lot more at stake, because there is a question of confidence and pride. I am very, very proud of what she has done”.
Season 9 of Léo Matteï, minors brigade begins Thursday evening, with the first two episodes broadcast from 9:10 p.m. on TF1.