May 1968. France is in the throes of a student-led uprising that has the government on edge. To neutralize this subversive tide, the Gaullist administration strikes back with a move as cynical as it is brilliant: founding an experimental university safely tucked away from the cobblestones of Paris. Blending larger-than-life icons of “French Theory” with a cast of fictional dreamers, Camarades captures the heyday of an era where ideas were weapons and utopia felt within reach. This lively comedy invites us to relive the wild, chaotic experiment of Vincennes University, a place where the student experience was anything but academic.
Camarades
Séries Mania 2026
French Competition
World premiere
Comedy - Historical | France | 2025
Screened episode(s) : 1, 2 & 3
Format : 8 x 35min
Our take
With Camarades, Benjamin Charbit (Under Control, Zorro) and Dominique Baumard (The Bureau) deliver a ‘Nouvelle vague’ comedy as clever as it is electric, resurrecting the unique experiment of Vincennes University, a sort of Woodstock-on-the-Seine driven by infectious energy. Amidst infiltrations, power struggles, and bubbling ideas, the series transforms the aftermath of May ’68 into a playground where thought becomes a true weapon.
- Created By Benjamin CHARBIT, Dominique BAUMARD
- Written By Benjamin CHARBIT, Dominique BAUMARD
- Directed By Benjamin CHARBIT, Dominique BAUMARD
- Music Julie ROUÉ
- With Manon KNEUSÉ, Pierre-François GAREL, Lulja COMAR, Grégory GADEBOIS, Micha LESCOT, Emilie INCERTI FORMENTINI, Vincent ELBAZ, Reda BENDAHOU, Constance DOLLÉ
- Production AGAT FILMS & CIE / EX NIHILO, Sunday Afternoon
- Co-producer ARTE France, Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint Denis
- Broadcaster ARTE
A serie produced by Muriel Meynard, Marc Bordure, Benjamin Charbit
