This Friday, September 10 was unveiled the trailer for the action series Robbers, with the cast of actor Sami Bouajila.
In this Netflix series created by Hamid Hlioua (Cannabis showrunner) and Julien Leclercq – to whom we owe it movie eponymous punch released in 2016, already with Sami Bouajila – “in the middle of a turf war between drug traffickers, Mehdi (Sami Bouajila), a seasoned robber and Liana (Tracy Gotoas), an apprentice thief, will have to team up to save those they love, ”announces the pitch.
Note that this is Julien Leclerq’s third collaboration with the American platform, after La terre et le sang and Sentinelle. The director had been thinking since 2016 to create a series Robbers. “After the film’s theatrical release, we discussed this possibility with my associate producer, Julien Madon. When Netflix, in 2018, bought Robbers, which outperformed in several territories, we came up with the idea. It didn’t take long: Netflix ordered it from us. We were then in the middle of filming of The Earth and the Blood, had in 2020 entrusted to Première the director, who had revealed to be inspired by another series.
“What I can tell you is that our model is the Gomorra series, also from a film. This is not a sequel or a prequel, and there will be new characters. But it will always be a confrontation between robbers and dealers. It’s a very ambitious series with a lot of real stunts, enhanced by visual effects. “
Alongside Sami Bouajilia, Tracy Gotoas (Munch), Samuel Jouy (Zone Blanche), Nabiha Akkari (Messiah), Sofia Lesaffre (les Misérables), Salim Kechiouche (Lupine) and Bakary Diombera (Banlieusards) complete the cast of this series under high voltage, and the six episodes of which will be available on September 24 on Netflix.