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Voltaire High (French: Mixte, lit. 'Mixed') is a French television series created by Marie Roussin and released by Amazon Prime Video on June 14, 2021. Voltaire High follows the adventures of Michèle, Annick and Simone as they join an all-boys' high school alongside 8 other girls in the early 1960s, at the beginning of co-education.
Cast and characters
= Main characters
=Léonie Souchaud as Michèle Magnan
Lula Cotton-Frapier as Annick Sabiani
Anouk Villemin as Simone Palladino
Nathan Parent as Henri Pichon
Baptiste Masseline as Jean-Pierre Magnan, Michèle's big brother
Gaspard Meier-Chaurand as Alain Laubrac, ward of the State
Pierre Deladonchamps as Paul Bellanger, Voltaire's chief supervisor
Nina Meurisse as Camille Couret, English teacher
Maud Wyler as Jeanne Bellanger, Voltaire's nurse
= Supporting characters
=Arthur Legrand as Jean Dupin
François Rollin as Mr Jacquet, the headteacher
Gérald Laroche as Louis Douillard, Latin teacher
Anne Le Ny as Hélène Giraud, history teacher
Vassili Schneider as Joseph Descamps
Antoine Werner as Didier Felbec
Dimitri Fouque as Charles Vergoux
Enzo Monchauzou as Yves Lamazière
Adil Mekki as Ahmed Belkacem
Gaspard Gevin-Hié as Daniel Applebaum
Maxime d'Aboville as Émile Marcelin, French and philosophy teacher
Martial Courcier as Raymond Meyer, chemistry teacher
Rémi Pedevilla as Lucien Moreau, PE teacher
Camille Charbeau as Maurice Vannel, Voltaire's supervisor
Edouard Michelon as Léon De Goff, maths teacher
Antoine Pelletier as Serge Casiro
Francis Leplay as René Herman, biology teacher
Margot Bancilhon as Denise, Jeanne Bellanger's girlfriend
Emilien Vekemans as Roger Lagarrigue
Karen Alyx as Germaine Magnan
Christophe Kourotchkine as Gérard Magnan
Meylie Vignaud as Martine Gomez
Louis Ould-Yaou as Yves, blouson noir gang member
Amira Casar as Irène
Anne Le Guernec as Alice (Ep 5)
Filming locations
Voltaire High: Abbaye royale, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France
Magnan Butcher: 9 rue de Verdun, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France
Episodes
Awards
Voltaire High received rave reviews in France and around the globe. It has been called "delicious", novel, cross-generational, and groundbreaking.
After its success on Prime Video, the series went on to win the Prix du public de la série française (Prize of the public for a French television series) at the Canneseries Festival, ahead of other French hits like Lupin. Executive producers Eleonore Dailly and Édouard de Lachomette, who focus on promoting outstanding female voices, championed the modern take of the series on parity and the 1960s sexual revolution: "These educated girls were the trailblazers that helped empower their peers. It shocked me when I found out that French women were forbidden to have their own bank accounts until 1965. It's crucial for us as producers to enable stories of hope and change in our rather tormented times."
References
External links
Voltaire High at IMDb