Les Guignols de l'info en prime time ? La politique française n'a jamais été aussi moche.
A satirical puppet news show that skewers the week’s top headlines through caricatured puppet incarnations of the Sarkozy clan, Chirac, Villepin, Besson & Hortefeux, Ribéry & Domenech, “Cool Man” Obama and Nurse Roselyne.
Practical Effects
Puppet craftsmanship that made politicians uglier than reality.
Writing
Writers' room speed-running an entire country's weekly dysfunction.
Director
Patrick Menais
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Les Guignols defined French political satire for three decades; this 2010 special captured the format's peak influence before Canal+ slowly murdered it.
Yves Lecoq voiced approximately 40 regular characters; his Sarkozy took six years to perfect and outlived the real presidency.
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