Could Fleabag be a Parisienne? Camille Cottin’s Star Image and a New French Femininity

Title
Could Fleabag be a Parisienne? Camille Cottin’s Star Image and a New French Femininity
Publication Date
2022
Author(s)
Kelly, Mimi
Souliman, Victoria
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OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4242-8107
Email: vsoulima@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:vsoulima
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Les Editions Cathodiques
Place of publication
France
DOI
10.4000/tvseries.5900
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/59719
Abstract

In the middle of the night, Mouche (Camille Cottin) is walking down the rainy streets of Paris. The camera closely follows her while she crosses the Pont Louis-Philippe and continues on the Quai de l'Archevêché with glimpses of Notre-Dame in the background. Mouche walks past the restaurant "Les Bernardins" before staring at a woman, frantically trying to open the door of her apartment building. The next shot shows Mouche walking across the Pont Louis-Philippe again. The opening credits of Mouche (Canal+, 2019) directly connect the eponymous character of the show to the city of Paris, leading the spectator to assume that this character embodies a Parisienne. This impression is even more reinforced considering that the actor playing Mouche is Camille Cottin, whose star persona may be considered a distinct variation of the Parisian type.

Link
Citation
TV Series, v.20, p. 1-27
ISSN
1956-7049
Start page
1
End page
27
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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