Netflix Orders Season 2 of MARSEILLE, Starring Gerard Depardieu

Netflix turned to Twitter today to announce it has renewed its first French original series MARSEILLE, starring Gerard Depardieu. Check out the tweet below:

The cast of MARSEILLE includes Gérard Depardieu (Robert Taro), Benoît Magimel (Lucas Barrès), Géraldine Pailhas (Rachel Taro), Nadia Farès (Vanessa d'Abrantès), Stéphane Caillard (Julia), Jean-René Privat (Cosini), Guillaume Arnault (Eric), Hedi Bouchenafa (Farid), Carolina Jurczak (Barbara), and Nassim Si Ahmed (Selim).

Marseille is written by Dan Franck, who also serves as Creative Producer. Florent Siri is the showrunner, Visual Creator and Director of Episodes 1-4. All 8 episodes of Marseille premiered on Thursday 5th May exclusively on Netflix around the world.

Synopsis As the municipal elections approach in Marseille, Robert Taro, the city's Mayor for the last twenty years, prepares his last coup: push through the vote for the construction of a casino in the historic center of the Marina. Nothing has been left to chance, and his successor, Lucas Barrès, is already designated.

But the latter's all-consuming ambition and the secret interests of the city's leaders, whether they come from its opulent villas or from the cities of the northern suburbs, impede the Mayor's plans. The race for Mayor becomes a power struggle where no holds are barred. Only one question arises: how far will they go?

A magnificent and hypnotic city that leaves nobody indifferent, Marseille unleashes the greatest passions and inevitably the worst crimes. Marseille. To conquer it, they are willing to destroy it.

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