Behind the scenes secrets to know about Tomorrow Is Ours

12/06/2021

For four years Tomorrow is Ours impose itself as reference in terms of French daily show. With a new episode every day, Tomorrow Is Ours became an unmissable rendez-vous for French people on TF1. Focus on the show's well-kept secrets.

An old factory as a set
An old factory as a set

If Tomorrow Is Ours is set in Sète, in the south of France, most of the show is shot on an interior set. Spoiler alert : some of the show's places do not exist in real life... A huge studio averaging 17 222 square foot was set up in downton Sète, in place of an old wine-producing factory. This set warehouse is used for characters' apartments, the hospital or the police station.

An impressive number of actors
An impressive number of actors

If what the website Nouveauté-télé.com is saying is true, there were 376 actors that appeared in Tomorrow Is Ours in 2019. Needless to say that this number must have increased significantly since then...

A well-established choreography for every episode
A well-established choreography for every episode

Giving life to this type of show demands a real technique. "The show must juggle between three themes: drama, romance and comedy", confessed Vincent Meslet, the show's producer to the French media Le Parisien. "You need to have diversity around the characters, their social status and the storylines. You have to combine it all and also take the audience by surprise", he added. In order to achieve that, every episode lasts approximately thirty minutes and answers to a specific plot mixing primary storylines that will last over several weeks, and shorter secondary ones.

The actors are guided through their journey
The actors are guided through their journey

Inevitably, the shooting's rhythm is sustained! Therefore, it seems like actors have coaches at their disposal that help them understand where their character is at depending on the episode. Since they are juggling from one episode to another on the same day of shooting, it can be easy for Tomorrow Is Ours' actors to lose track of everything.

TV series pros are behind the show's success
TV series pros are behind the show's success

You have to have real professionals behind Tomorrow Is Ours in order to give life to the show and lead it for four years. Therefore, no one will be surprised to learn that behind the show's success are some well-known names in the French TV series world, like Nicolas Durand-Zouky (Coeur Océan, Plus Belle la Vie), Pierre Leix-Cote (PJ, Plus Belle la Vie or Koh Lanta) or Denis Thybaud (Sous le soleil).

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