Best actress award for Manon KNEUSÉ, French Competition, Series Mania 2026
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.
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.
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Created By
Benjamin CHARBIT, Dominique BAUMARD
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Written By
Benjamin CHARBIT, Dominique BAUMARD
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Directed By
Benjamin CHARBIT, Dominique BAUMARD
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Music
Julie ROUÉ
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With
Manon KNEUSÉ, Pierre-François GAREL, Lulja COMAR, Grégory GADEBOIS, Micha LESCOT, Emilie INCERTI FORMENTINI, Vincent ELBAZ, Reda BENDAHOU, Constance DOLLÉ
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Production
AGAT FILMS & CIE / EX NIHILO, Sunday Afternoon
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Co-producer
ARTE France, Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint Denis
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Broadcaster
ARTE
A serie produced by Muriel Meynard, Marc Bordure, Benjamin Charbit
