Bref


Bref. is a French television series created by Kyan Khojandi, cowritten with Bruno Muschio, and produced by Harry Tordjman for My Box Productions. The first episode was released on Canal+ the 29th of August 2011 and the show ended on the 12th of July 2012. The end was announced on June 29, 2012.

Plot

The main character is an anonymous 30-year-old Parisian, single and unemployed. He is referred to as "I", and his name is never revealed to the audience. His life is boring until he meets a girl at a party who he falls in love with. As soon as the party is over, his only wish is to see her again. Many of the show's episodes are devoted to his failed attempts at meeting up with her or really connecting.
The hero sometimes looks for a job, and finally gets a one-on-one interview in a copying machine company. Despite a catastrophic interview that revealed all the lies about his CV, he gets the job. Nevertheless, exasperated by his workmates and bored by the job, he quits. Thereafter, he works in a call center.
He keeps going to a lot of parties to meet girls and has a series of one-night stands. He also has a one-off sexual encounter with his ex-girlfriend and later with a girl who turned him down when he was a teenager. Meanwhile, he regularly meets "Marla", his sexfriend.
In order to seduce more girls, he learns how to play the guitar. At the beginning, it was just a way to hit on girls but it soon becomes a hobby, and he finally performs at concert, using the stage name "Amer de toi".
The hero and his brother Keyvan are really close, to such an extent that they understand each other at a simple glance and hardly need to talk to communicate. "I" often calls his brother to get advice or to be reassured. Their parents get divorced because of the unfaithfulness of the father, who had an affair with a student. After realizing that his love for the student is not reciprocated, the narrator's father ends up alone before settling in his son's flat, much to the chagrin of the latter. Finally, the father moves into another flat in the same apartment block.
Keyvan decides to move in with the love of his life and therefore enables "I" to occupy his flat after a catastrophic flat sharing with Baptiste, who never does any housework or tidies up. But fate is not on his side. Keyvan's girlfriend decides to break up, and so the hero has to live with his father because Baptiste has already found a new room-mate.
The hero is still in love with "this girl", and approaches her bit by bit. He despairs of ever making a real connection with her until the day she invites him to come over. They eventually kiss each other. They start a relationship and settle in a new flat. During this time, Marla attempts to meet up with "I", but ends up meeting Sarah. Facing to them, "I" has to make a choice and decides to stay with Sarah.
Over time, "I" and Sarah become distant from one another, and after getting drunk at a bar, he cheats on her. He keeps it as a secret until another party, where he unleashes his anger and confesses his resentment against his friends and finally hits an uninvited guest. He leaves the party and tries to renew his relationship with Marla, but she has already found herself another man. Finally, after a depression, "I" moves in with Baptiste again and resumes the boring life he had before meeting Sarah.

Production

Cast

The series was a tremendous success in France, having quickly reached an audience peak of over 2.5 million viewers and an audience share of 9.5% on October 6, 2011.

Episodes

  1. Bref. J'ai dragué cette fille
  2. Bref. Je remets tout à demain
  3. Bref. Je me suis préparé pour un rendez-vous
  4. Bref. J'ai passé un entretien d'embauche
  5. Bref. J'ai fait un repas de famille
  6. Bref. J'ai traîné sur internet
  7. Bref. Je joue de la guitare
  8. Bref. J'ai vu un psy
  9. Bref. J'ai recroisé cette fille
  10. Bref. J'ai un plan cul régulier
  11. Bref. Je suis comme tout le monde
  12. Bref. J'ai eu un job
  13. Bref. J'étais coincé dans l'ascenseur
  14. Bref. Mes parents divorcent
  15. Bref. J'ai fait les courses avec mon frère
  16. Bref. Je me suis bourré la gueule
  17. Bref. Je suis allé à ce mariage
  18. Bref. J'ai couché avec une flic
  19. Bref. Mon pote s'est fait larguer
  20. Bref. J'ai eu 47 minutes de retard
  21. Bref. Je suis allé au supermarché
  22. Bref. On a enterré Croquette
  23. Bref. Mon coloc a fait l'amour
  24. Bref. J'ai fait un rêve
  25. Bref. J'ai fait un dépistage
  26. Bref. J'ai un pote à conditions générales
  27. Bref. J'ai recouché avec mon ex
  28. Bref. J'aime bien cette photo
  29. Bref. Je suis hypocondriaque
  30. Bref. J'ai pas réussi à dormir
  31. Bref. Je suis allé au cinéma avec cette fille
  32. Bref. Je sais pas dire non
  33. Bref. J'ai couché avec Émilie
  34. Bref. J'ai fait un concert
  35. Bref. J'ai monté un meuble
  36. Bref. J’ai dîné avec cette fille
  37. Bref. J’y pense et je souris
  38. Bref. J'ai voulu partir en vacances
  39. Bref. J’ai déménagé
  40. Bref. J’étais à côté de cette fille
  41. Bref. J'ai pris le métro
  42. Bref. J'habite avec cette fille
  43. Bref. Je suis allé aux urgences
  44. Bref. Je me suis fait agresser
  45. Bref. J'ai eu une panne
  46. Bref. J'ai eu 30 ans
  47. Bref. Je suis vieille
  48. Bref. Ma copine travaille dans un sex-shop
  49. Bref. Baptiste est super flippant
  50. Bref. J'ai fêté le nouvel an
  51. Bref. Mon frère a quelqu'un
  52. Bref. Je suis en couple
  53. Bref. Y a des gens qui m'énervent
  54. Bref. J'ai aucune mémoire
  55. Bref. Je m'appelle Eric Dampierre
  56. Bref. J'ai grandi dans les années 90
  57. Bref. On était des gamins
  58. Bref. C'était sa chanson préférée
  59. Bref. Mon père veut être jeune
  60. Bref. Je suis un plan cul régulier
  61. Bref. J'étais dans la merde
  62. Bref. J'étais toujours dans la merde
  63. Bref. J'ai fait un choix
  64. Bref. Je crois que j'ai un secret
  65. Bref. J'ai juste un pote
  66. Bref. Mon frère est comme tout le monde
  67. Bref. J'ai perdu mes cheveux
  68. Bref. J'ai passé un coup de fil
  69. Bref. C'est la merde
  70. Bref. J'ai fait une connerie
  71. Bref. J'ai fait une soirée déguisée
  72. Bref. J'ai fait une soirée déguisée
  73. Bref. J'ai fait une soirée déguisée
  74. Bref. J'me casse
  75. Bref. J'ai tout cassé
  76. Bref. Je suis en mode survie
  77. Bref. J'ai envoyé un texto
  78. Bref. Je me suis réveillé à côté d'une fille
  79. Bref. Je suis né
  80. Bref. J'ai fait une dépression
  81. Bref. Lui c'est Kheiron
  82. Bref.