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WorkinGirls

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WorkinGirls
GenreComedy
Written byFrank Bellocq
Béatrice Fournera
Eve-Sophie Santerre
Karine Angeli
Directed bySylvain Fusée
StarringClaude Perron
Laurence Arné
Blanche Gardin
Vanessa David
Alice Belaïdi
Clémence Faure
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
No. of series4
No. of episodes49
Production
ProducerGaëlle Cholet
Production locationFrance
CinematographyMichel Hazard
EditorsAntoine Moreau
Gregory Lefevre
Running time13 minutes
Production companiesCanal+
Gazelle & Cie
Original release
NetworkCanal+
ReleaseApril 19, 2012 (2012-04-19) - December 26, 2016 (2016-12-26)

Workingirls is a French television series, broadcast since April 19, 2012 on Canal +.

Premise

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WorkinGirls describes the daily life of a company which employs six girls and which records their behaviour: Karine, the sadistic director, Nathalie, the mother with a large family, Helen, the psychologically disturbed, Deborah, the nymphomaniac, and Sophie and Sophie, the little Switchboard welcoming, very lazy.

Cast and characters

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Main

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  • Claude Perron as Karine Brontier (Season 1-4)
  • Laurence Arné as Déborah Vernon (Season 1-4)
  • Blanche Gardin as Hélène Grilloux (Season 1-3)
  • Vanessa David as Nathalie Roneaudi (Season 1-4)
  • Alice Belaïdi as Sophie Marteauni (Season 1-4)
  • Clémence Faure as Sophie Martineau (Season 1-4)

Recurring

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  • Franck Bellocq as Bernard (Season 1-3)
  • Pascal Stencel as Jean-Luc (Season 1-3)
  • Cybèle Villemagne as Joëlle (Season 1-3)
  • Edith le Merdy as Maria (Season 1-3)
  • Ludovic Pinette as Michel (Season 1-3)
  • Dimitri Rataud as Karine's lover (Season 1-2)
  • Lannick Gautry as The Handsome (Season 2-3)
  • Audrey Lamy as Stéphanie Levasseur (Season 2-3)
  • Didier Jean as Loïc (Season 2-3)
  • Monsieur Poulpe as Pierrick (Season 2-3)
  • Catherine Duros as Cathy (Season 2-3)
  • Anne Marivin as Michèle Coignard (Season 3)

Guest

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Episodes

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Season 1 (2012)

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The first season premiered on Canal+ on April 19, 2012. The season finale aired on May 10, 2012.

  1. Retour de couches
  2. Le label
  3. La grande famille
  4. L'anniversaire de Karine
  5. La conquête de l'Orient
  6. Bonnet C
  7. Élections internes
  8. Mon beau stagiaire
  9. La fusion
  10. Les parasites
  11. Panne de clim
  12. La journée de la secrétaire

Season 2 (2013)

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The second season premiered on Canal+ on June 13, 2013. The season finale aired on July 4, 2013.

  1. Le Déménagement
  2. Deb in love
  3. La visite médicale
  4. Les Catherinettes
  5. Le plan de licenciement
  6. La nouvelle Nathalie
  7. Cost killer
  8. New management
  9. La grève
  10. L'âge de raison
  11. Lipdub
  12. La tour infernale

Season 3 (2014)

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The third season premiered on Canal+ on February 20, 2014. The season finale aired on March 13, 2014.

  1. Le Suicide
  2. Cellule Psychologique
  3. Le Calendrier
  4. Tolérance Zéro
  5. La Rumeur
  6. La Saint-Valentin
  7. Stage de survie
  8. Reportage
  9. Le grand audit
  10. Restore Hope
  11. Les investisseurs Indiens
  12. This is la fin

Season 4 (2017)

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The fourth season premiered on Canal+ on 2017.[1]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Recipient Result
2013 International Emmy Awards Comedy Canal + Nominated

Home media release

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  • The season 1 & 2 were released in France on DVD on July 9, 2013.
  • The season 3 was released in France on DVD on October 1, 2014.

Adaptations

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Workingirls is freely adapted from a Dutch series, Toren C.

The series was adapted in Quebec under the title Complex G, and takes place in the Marie-Guyart Building (commonly called Complex G) in Quebec City. Filming takes place in spring 2014.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Workingirls : Une saison 4 aux urgences... Sans Blanche Gardin !".
  2. ^ "Éditoriaux, opinions, lettres ouvertes, courrier des lecteurs".
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