ORELSAN: Don't ever show this to anyone
TV Show · Documentary

In the early 2000s, Aurelien Cotentin is a young middle-class man from Caen with an uncertain future. When he gets into rap music with his friends, he's really starting from the bottom. Yet, through hardships, controversies and constantly being filmed by his admiring little brother, Aurelien becomes Orelsan, one of the most popular French artists of his generation, changing the rap genre forever.

2021 · 35m
Starring Clément Cotentin, Gringe, Orelsan
Director Clément Cotentin

Season 1

  • Future belongs to those wake up when I go to bed
    EPISODE 1
    Future belongs to those wake up when I go to bed
    Orelsan is a figure of French music. But 20 years ago, in Normandy, he never imagined doing rap for a living. Singing middleclass boredom in the provinces, who'd go for that? The only ones to believe in it are his three buddies Skread, Ablaye, Gringe, and his little brother Clément who keeps filming him, convinced that one day his brother will be a star.
    35m
  • To make a movie all you need is something that can film
    EPISODE 2
    To make a movie all you need is something that can film
    2006. Orelsan is a rapper from Caen, Normandy. In order to bring out his first album, he'll have to make his way by himself. The advent of MySpace is a boon, but he still has to sign with a label. Together with his buddies, still followed around by his brother Clément's camera, they challenge themselves to produce their own video clip, in Caen, and to get it aired on TV.
    39m
  • Everything I say in my songs is cliché and false
    EPISODE 3
    Everything I say in my songs is cliché and false
    2008. Orelsan is now on track to write an album, but none of his titles is radio-compatible. There is only one thing left to do: go and get his audience by performing on stage. Orel and his buddies, still followed around by his brother, Clément's camera, manage to set up a tour. While everything is going smoothly swimmingly, one of Orel's old songs surfaces again and triggers an outcry.
    40m
  • We are the future
    EPISODE 4
    We are the future
    2010. A year after the controversy, Orelsan has totally stopped making music. When Skread and Ablaye finally persuade him to make a second album, the hardest part is to find how to come back. But the underdog from Normandy transforms himself and his second album is a hit. In front of his brother's camera, Orel is ready to experience his first tour, boosted by his very first ever-popular song.
    44m
  • I will keep on with my bullshit until they take me seriously
    EPISODE 5
    I will keep on with my bullshit until they take me seriously
    2011. With Le Chant des Sirènes, Orelsan is playing in the big leagues. As a master of opposite moves, he takes everyone aback by deciding to discontinue his solo undertaking and revives the Casseurs Flowters band that he had founded with Gringe in the early 2000s. Gringe hasn't rapped in years, though... But once they recapture their world, their zany adventures come to life on CD, TV and film.
    44m
  • I thought I would wake up one morning feeling like a man
    EPISODE 6
    I thought I would wake up one morning feeling like a man
    2016. After the delightful period of the Casseurs Flowters, Orelsan wants to come back with a new solo album. However, five years have passed and rap music has changed. New trends, new artists. Is Orelsan still relevant? La Fête est finie allows him to close the chapter of his post-teen years and become an adult. It's a smashing success beyond all expectations.
    45m

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Cast & Crew

  • C‌C
    Clément Cotentin
    Actor
  • Gringe
    Actor
  • Orelsan
    Actor
  • C‌C
    Clément Cotentin
    Director

About

ORELSAN: Don't ever show this to anyone

Documentary

In the early 2000s, Aurelien Cotentin is a young middle-class man from Caen with an uncertain future. When he gets into rap music with his friends, he's really starting from the bottom. Yet, through hardships, controversies and constantly being filmed by his admiring little brother, Aurelien becomes Orelsan, one of the most popular French artists of his generation, changing the rap genre forever.

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Studio
Amazon Studios
Released
2021
Region of Origin
France

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English (United States) , French (France) (SDH), German (Germany) , Italian (Italy) , Spanish (Spain)

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Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.
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