The series with Pierre Niney was written as a mini-series. The chances of seeing a season 2 Fiasco are thin, despite the undeniable success. However, this may pave the way for other similar formats.
It's the hit series of the moment, and it's French: Fiasco a hit on Netflix. Created by Igor Gotesman and Pierre Niney, it follows the format of mockumentaries – works shot with a hand-held camera, mimicking a documentary when everything is pure fiction. This is often based on absurd and deliberately embarrassing humor.
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Please note the rest of this article tells the entire end of season 1 of Fiasco.
The end of Fiasco
After all these episodes investigating a possible saboteur of this film project so hoped for by Raphäel (Pierre Niney), the end of Fiasco first suggests that Slice (Igor Gotesman), the director of the making-of, is the culprit. But he reveals to Raphaël that this fiasco does not come from one person in particular: the director's obsession with wanting to be perfect, and brushing everyone in the wrong direction, led the project to its downfall. Slice believes he only used the material he had at his disposal, and that Raphael somehow self-sabotaged himself.
The series also contains a small clue about the nature of this ending, from the start. Because the credits say “ A series created by Igor Gotesman… and co-created by Pierre Niney “. This spelling is rare in a credits: it rather directly indicates that a work is co-created by two people. But, precisely, at the end of this sequence, the character of Slice affirms that in the end, Raphaël “co-created” this chaotic making-of on an equal footing with him, by causing the unfortunate events which broke up the project .
This ending still leaves room for a partly open interpretation: if it is true that Raphael's actions have often led to chaos, Slice is looking for excuses for having taken advantage of the situation and for having thrown oil on the fire on numerous occasions behind the scenes, in order to be able to make its making-of show. He thus places the blame on Raphaël a little too easily.
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Anyway, the fiasco continues until the final scene: Slice finally falls from the roof of the cinema, while trying to shoot a shot of the Eiffel Tower. Dark humor, all the way.
Towards a season 2 for Fiasco?
Near TeleleisureIgor Gotesman is very clear: “ I'm not closing the door on myself in case I change my mind but, theoretically, there will never be a season 2 of Fiasco “. The reason is simple: it was written as a mini-series.
The designer's statement was not difficult to anticipate. It must be said that the concept at the heart of the series is difficult to sustain: everything is based on this film project which went wrong. Since everything is resolved at the end, the story doesn't really need a sequel, unless you imagine another failed film project – but the risk would be to be redundant.
On the other hand, after such success, it is not impossible to imagine that this mockumentary format could be reproduced with a new story and new characters. Like what Jonathan Cohen imagined with The torchthe comedy series which followed The flame ; with a similar narrative and humorous format in both cases.
