TOreal 17 years and win at the lottery 17 million euros: A beautiful dream or the beginning of a nightmare? Young Millionaires, French series today on Netflix (8 episodes), Try to Telling the true and likely reactions of 5 high school students in Marseille Which, for a real stroke of luck, fish a one -way ticket for wealth. Too bad that, by law, minors cannot collect the millionaire win. How will it end?
Young Millionairesthe plot of the Netflix series, episodes
David (Abraham Wapler) abandoned as a childuntil recently he lived with adoptive parents, now deceased. Goes badly to school and To survive every now and then it passes through Samir, A local offender. Semia (Jeanne Boudier) has two affectionate parents and He dreams of becoming a footballer of the French women’s national team. When her coach tells her that Routine analyzes found a cardiac malformation, His world collapses.
Jesse’s father (Malou Khebizi) He abandoned him even before being born. The mother is a manicure that cannot reach the end of the month. He would like to enroll in jurisprudence but his votes are very low. Léo (Calixte Broisin-Doutaz) He lives with his mother, the stepfather and the brother Tom (Florian Lesieur), very affectionate but somewhat dumb. Between semia and Léo there is a certain attraction. The days normally spend, between (little) study and no idea of what to do after maturity.
A Friday 13th the group of friendstogether with a schoolmate, Victoire, with whom they have little confidence, They buy a lottery ticket. When they discover they have won, they hide the truth from everyone, Victoire included. Joy lasts only a few hours: The law says that minors cannot gamble. Consequently, it is Impossible to collect the money without the help of an adult.
They decide to ask for help from Mr. Pivot, the severe professor of philosophy Which never makes favoritism and always speaks of ethics and justice. David is convinced that he is the right person because “he is a teacher, so it is clear that he is not interested in money at all”. After telling him the truth, they offer him 500 thousand euros to collect the winnings in their place. The teacher asks for one million euros in return.
The cast of “Young Millionaires” (Netflix)
Young Millionaires: where did the lottery ticket end? (Spoiler)
The group of future millionaires they accompany him to collect the sum. When the man crosses the road to enter the building, is invested by two cars. Attempts to recover the ticket from the jacket are in vain. Pivot’s daughter, who arrived in the hospital, puts her father’s wallet in her bag. David takes the situation in his hand and snatches the woman but the ticket is not there.
The surprises are not yet over. The day after the incident, The news is released in the newspapers that the win has been collected. How was it possible? After found the winner’s address, they present themselves at his house, I decided to recover the money.
To open the door is Victoire. Jesse, unbeknownst to friends, he recovered the ticket and informed the unaware classmate, recently of age and therefore the only one to get the money. The bank manager explains that their part, 3 million euros each, will only be available upon reaching 18 years.
Victoire reassures them: He will anticipate the money But on one condition. Having lost the rich parents due to a bad robbery, for fear of bad guys He doesn’t want them to tell others about the win. Otherwise, the money will be forced to disappear and, with her,.
Teenagers begin to spend exclusive boutiques and dinners in clubs with lobsters and champagne. To avoid any problem, they make fun of the rumor that one of the students is the new millionaire. Everything seems to go for the best but someone has decided to blackmail them. Either they deliver all the money or accept a very dangerous challenge. Who is behind all this?
Review and cast of the TV series
Although it is openly designed for an audience of very young people, Young Millionaires has the rhythm and the Sense of humor that it can conquer and have fun too adults. The opposite win at the lottery is a magnificent and well thought out McGuffin Hitchcockiano, an expedient that moves the protagonists towards a little possible mission that will make them mature and grow. A horn light -hearted on friendship And the need to find your place in the world even at the cost of losing everything.
The tones from Brilliant French comedy draw a lively universe of teenagers without emphatic mannerisms. What makes the series in many ways irresistible is the contrast between the idea that adults have of the boys And the gaze that they turn to the “grown up” in the face of their weaknesses and wicked choices. The merit is also of the young actors forming A very close -knit cast. Between them stands out Abraham Wapler, seen in Star Wars: Andor.
From the fifth episode, the tones become more serious and dramatic compared to the light -heartedness of the first moments but everything remains Light and pleasant without useless melodramas. The quality of the writing highlights the scuffing mode of the protagonists in facing the events and naivety with which they end up in the casini bigger than them. The best joke? that of the poor Mr. Pivot, who relaunches the figure offered to him because “There are only numbers too low so as not to be accepted”.