Do you remember Fuckin’ Fred, the hilarious artist created by Jonathan Cohen on social media and later revealed live during the Orelsan tour? The behind-the-scenes story of the collaboration between these two pals from Bloqués will be unveiled in a one-hour documentary airing on Prime on February 27. At the helm is Clément Cotentin, Orelsan's brother, who also worked on the documentary series Montre jamais ça à personne.
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From Twitter to the Accor Arena
To tell the story of Fuckin' Fred, we need to go back almost five years. It's 2020, the covid pandemic is in full swing, France is under lockdown, and young people are feeling down, finding refuge on social media to lift their spirits, and it works! For some time now, a rasta artist has been capturing their attention: Fuckin' Fred, a striking lookalike of Jonathan Cohen, who was then better known as Serge le Mytho. This flamboyant character is breaking the internet with his short parody clips where he plays with current events. His hit "Confinez-le" racked up millions of views; the momentum has begun.
« I’m a feline… like a leopard »
Offbeat, since Prime makes it clear right from the start: « All the scenes in this documentary are totally TRUE but also totally FALSE ». A docu-fiction – also known as a Mockumentary, which translates to "documentary fiction" – that's crafted with great care, spiced up with archive footage and interviews with various actors who have crossed paths with Fuckin' Fred to shed light on the rise of this misunderstood phenomenon. It looks like it’s going to be super funny, completely unlikely, and almost wild, because as Fuckin’ Fred explains in the teaser, he feels .first and foremost « feline… like a leopard ». We're already roaring with excitement.
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