Every episode is named after the star who rings in. Put Cécile through to the right agent. See the whole board
Reception · nine lines holding
Putting you through.
Each episode takes the first name of the star who walks into ASK playing a version of themselves. Here they ring the desk the same way, by first name. Pick up a line, choose Andréa, Gabriel or Mathias, and the right agent opens the real place the episode was shot.
Line 1 · Cécile · Series 1
Nothing put through yet. Line 1 is ringing.
No of ten connections made · there are two Jeans
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Each episode is named after its guest star, who plays a version of themselves; which agent handles each guest follows the episode list.
Connected calls land here as message slips, each with the place to go.
10avenue George-V
Before ASK
The first address.
2007. Dominique Besnehard, then an agent at Artmedia, has the idea with Michel Feller and Julien Messemackers: a series about the people who look after actors.
Nicolas Mercier writes the first version for Canal+ under a working title that is simply Artmedia’s address, 10, avenue George-V. The partners fall out over the tone and it stalls.
Who told us
2007. Dominique Besnehard, then an agent at Artmedia, has the idea with Michel Feller and Julien Messemackers: a series about the people who look after actors. Nicolas Mercier writes the first version for Canal+ under a working title that is simply Artmedia’s address, 10, avenue George-V. The partners fall out over the tone and it stalls.
Béatrice Dalle’s film shoot, in her episode, is set at the Oratoire, on the corner of rue Saint-Honoré and rue de Rivoli.
A working Protestant church next door to ASK’s address. The nearest métro is Louvre–Rivoli.
Who told us
The lime alleys of the Palais-Royal garden in May 2023. Hameltion · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jardin du Palais-Royal, 1st arrondissement
Palais-Royal garden
Camille arrives for her first day at ASK through the Palais-Royal métro exit onto place du Palais-Royal.
A public garden behind the Palais-Royal, a few minutes’ walk from ASK’s address.
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Hôtel Regina in 2023, with the gilded statue of Joan of Arc in front. CVB · CC BY-SA 4.0
2 place des Pyramides, 1st arrondissement
Hôtel Regina
The Regina is the American producers’ hotel in Isabelle Huppert’s episode; in the next, Hicham meets them in its bar.
A working hotel on place des Pyramides, looking over the Tuileries to the Louvre.
Who told us
Le Grand Colbert on rue Vivienne in 2011. Mbzt · CC BY 3.0
2 rue Vivienne, 2nd arrondissement
Le Grand Colbert
Camille has lunch with her mother at Le Grand Colbert in the second series.
A working brasserie just north of the Palais-Royal garden, on rue Vivienne and the Galerie Colbert.
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Hôtel Regina
Hôtel Regina Louvre
Louvre
The Americans’ hotel in Isabelle Huppert’s episode, on place des Pyramides, along rue de Rivoli from ASK’s address. Built in 1900; 98 rooms and 32 suites.
Choose a series and its streets come up, from the founder’s funeral to the Césars.
Series 1: four places.
Series 1, episode 1 (2015)
Rue de Rivoli at the corner of rue de Marengo in 2013: the block where ASK has its address on rue Saint-Honoré, with the Oratoire behind. Bastiaan from Nieuwegein, Netherlands · CC BY-SA 2.0
The balcony
Samuel Kerr leaves for his holiday and waves up to his team on the agency’s balcony.
149 rue Saint-Honoré · 149 rue Saint-Honoré, 1st arrondissement, Paris
An office block; look at it from the pavement. The Oratoire is next door and the Louvre is across rue de Rivoli.
Who told us
Series 1, episode 1 (2015)
The lime alleys of the Palais-Royal garden in May 2023. Hameltion · CC BY-SA 4.0
First day
Camille comes up from the métro onto place du Palais-Royal for her first day at ASK.
Palais-Royal garden · Jardin du Palais-Royal, 1st arrondissement
A public garden behind the Palais-Royal, a few minutes’ walk from ASK’s address.
Who told us
Series 1, episode 2 (2015)
The main gate of Père Lachaise on boulevard de Ménilmontant in 2017. Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The funeral
The agency buries its founder, Samuel Kerr.
Père Lachaise · Boulevard de Ménilmontant, 20th arrondissement
A public cemetery; the main gate is on boulevard de Ménilmontant, beside Philippe Auguste station on line 2.
Who told us
Series 1, episode 3 (2015)
The rue du Jourdain entrance to Jourdain station in March 2018. Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
After the play
Sofia and Gabriel walk along rue du Jourdain to the station.
Jourdain station · Rue du Jourdain, 20th arrondissement
A working métro station on line 11, with entrances on rue du Jourdain, rue Lassus and rue de Belleville.
Who told us
City of Paris filming permits name the series at many of these addresses for the third and fourth series; the earlier two predate the city’s records.
Who told us
City of Paris permits for “Dix pour cent”, seasons 3 and 4.
Camille Cottin in Paris in February 2016, between the first and second series. Georges Biard · CC BY-SA 3.0Camille CottinAndréa Martel · 2016
Thibault de Montalembert speaking in Bordeaux in April 2019, months before the fourth series was shot. Mollat · CC BY 3.0Thibault de MontalembertMathias Barneville · 2019
Grégory Montel in October 2023, three years after the last series; no free photograph of him from the show’s run has been found. Baigneur76 · CC0Grégory MontelGabriel Sarda · 2023, later
Laure Calamy at the César Awards in March 2018, the year of the third series. Georges Biard · CC BY-SA 4.0Laure CalamyNoémie Leclerc · 2018
Stéfi Celma at the César Awards in February 2017, the spring the second series aired. Georges Biard · CC BY-SA 3.0Stéfi CelmaSofia Leprince · 2017
Nicolas Maury at the Cabourg film festival in June 2019, the year the fourth series was shot. Georges Biard · CC BY-SA 4.0Nicolas MauryHervé André-Jezak · 2019
Fanny Herrero created it. Liliane Rovère plays Arlette Azémar and Fanny Sidney plays Camille Valentini; Assaad Bouab joins as Hicham Janowski in the second series. Cédric Klapisch directed in the first series, with Lola Doillon and Antoine Garceau; Laurent Tirard, Jeanne Herry and Marc Fitoussi came later.
24Episodes, four series of six
2007The idea, at the agency Artmedia
5.22mViewers for the first episode on France 2
2021International Emmy, best comedy
Who told us
Creator, cast, directors, 24 episodes in four series, the 2007 idea at Artmedia, 5.22 million viewers for the first episode and the 2021 International Emmy for best comedy.
16 places you can visit: 14 in Paris, the studios just north of it and one hotel in Cannes. The studios and the roof are working buildings; see them from the street.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. An office block; look at it from the pavement. The Oratoire is next door and the Louvre is across rue de Rivoli.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public street. Walk the arcades from the Louvre to the Palais-Royal; ASK’s address is round the corner.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working Protestant church next door to ASK’s address. The nearest métro is Louvre–Rivoli.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working hotel on place des Pyramides, looking over the Tuileries to the Louvre.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public garden behind the Palais-Royal, a few minutes’ walk from ASK’s address.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working brasserie just north of the Palais-Royal garden, on rue Vivienne and the Galerie Colbert.
1Rue de Rivoli at the corner of rue de Marengo in 2013: the block where ASK has its address on rue Saint-Honoré, with the Oratoire behind. Bastiaan from Nieuwegein, Netherlands · CC BY-SA 2.0
149 rue Saint-Honoré, 1st arrondissement, Paris
149 rue Saint-Honoré
In the series ASK’s address is 149 rue Saint-Honoré, between the Louvre and the Palais-Royal gardens; some exteriors show the Oratoire du Louvre next door.
An office block; look at it from the pavement. The Oratoire is next door and the Louvre is across rue de Rivoli.
Béatrice Dalle’s film shoot, in her episode, is set at the Oratoire, on the corner of rue Saint-Honoré and rue de Rivoli.
A working Protestant church next door to ASK’s address. The nearest métro is Louvre–Rivoli.
Who told us
4Hôtel Regina in 2023, with the gilded statue of Joan of Arc in front. CVB · CC BY-SA 4.0
2 place des Pyramides, 1st arrondissement
Hôtel Regina
The Regina is the American producers’ hotel in Isabelle Huppert’s episode; in the next, Hicham meets them in its bar.
A working hotel on place des Pyramides, looking over the Tuileries to the Louvre.
Who told us
5The lime alleys of the Palais-Royal garden in May 2023. Hameltion · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jardin du Palais-Royal, 1st arrondissement
Palais-Royal garden
Camille arrives for her first day at ASK through the Palais-Royal métro exit onto place du Palais-Royal.
A public garden behind the Palais-Royal, a few minutes’ walk from ASK’s address.
Who told us
6Le Grand Colbert on rue Vivienne in 2011. Mbzt · CC BY 3.0
2 rue Vivienne, 2nd arrondissement
Le Grand Colbert
Camille has lunch with her mother at Le Grand Colbert in the second series.
A working brasserie just north of the Palais-Royal garden, on rue Vivienne and the Galerie Colbert.
Who told us
Stay
Check in.
Monica Bellucci’s lunch, the Americans’ hotel, and ASK’s room on the Croisette.
L’Hôtel
L’Hôtel, Saint-Germain
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Where Gabriel takes Monica Bellucci to lunch: twenty rooms by Jacques Garcia at 13 rue des Beaux-Arts, a hammam pool below ground, and the room where Oscar Wilde died.
The Americans’ hotel in Isabelle Huppert’s episode, on place des Pyramides, along rue de Rivoli from ASK’s address. Built in 1900; 98 rooms and 32 suites.
Film-location walks in Paris, Montmartre and Père Lachaise.
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The message book
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
16 of 16 places · 16 of 16 Moments
149 rue Saint-Honoré
149 rue Saint-Honoré, 1st arrondissement, Paris
The balcony
Samuel Kerr leaves for his holiday and waves up to his team on the agency’s balcony.
The arcades of rue de Rivoli
Rue de Rivoli by rue de Marengo, 1st arrondissement
The opening credits
Andréa, Mathias, Gabriel and Arlette walk an arcade on rue de Rivoli.
Oratoire du Louvre
145 rue Saint-Honoré, 1st arrondissement
The shoot
Béatrice Dalle’s film shoots at the Oratoire as she fights a nude scene.
Hôtel Regina
2 place des Pyramides, 1st arrondissement
The Americans
The American producers stay at the Regina while Isabelle Huppert works on two films at once.
Palais-Royal garden
Jardin du Palais-Royal, 1st arrondissement
First day
Camille comes up from the métro onto place du Palais-Royal for her first day at ASK.
Le Grand Colbert
2 rue Vivienne, 2nd arrondissement
Lunch with her mother
Camille has lunch with her mother at Le Grand Colbert.
L’Hôtel
13 rue des Beaux-Arts, 6th arrondissement
Lunch with Monica
Gabriel meets Monica Bellucci for lunch, and they talk about broken hearts.
Le Saint-Germain-des-Prés cinema
22 rue Guillaume-Apollinaire, 6th arrondissement
The screening
Julie and Sofia’s film is screened; Gabriel and Sofia talk outside afterwards.
Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes
Jardin des Plantes, 57 rue Cuvier, 5th arrondissement
At the zoo
Arlette and Hervé track Gabriel down at the Ménagerie, in Jean Dujardin’s episode.
La Mascotte
52 rue des Abbesses, Montmartre, 18th arrondissement
Sigourney at lunch
Sigourney Weaver interrupts a film financier’s lunch.
Salle Pleyel
252 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 8th arrondissement
The Césars
The César Awards ceremony in Charlotte Gainsbourg’s episode.
The roof terrace
85–87 rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin, 10th arrondissement
The roof
The agents take their big conversations, and a party, up to the roof terrace.
Père Lachaise
Boulevard de Ménilmontant, 20th arrondissement
The funeral
The agency buries its founder, Samuel Kerr.
Jourdain station
Rue du Jourdain, 20th arrondissement
After the play
Sofia and Gabriel walk along rue du Jourdain to the station.
The studios at Aubervilliers
Rue Marcel Carné, Aubervilliers
The office
Every scene inside ASK is shot on the studio set.
Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic
Boulevard de la Croisette, Cannes
Opening night
Juliette Binoche faces a dress crisis on the festival’s opening night; ASK stay at the Majestic.
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