The selling point of the series Alphonse, apart from raunch and romance, is that it gets its talented lead Jean Dujardin to transform into a different character each time he meets with a different client. Sometimes, he’s a World War II soldier, other times, he’s part of the academic elite. Always, he’s the object of fantasy of Parisian women. His real self, however, the titular Alphonse, is a sad sack going through a midlife crisis. On paper, this sounds like a recipe for pure fun: a lost guy tries out different masks and costumes until he discovers his true self in the process. The execution, however, feels wonky and uneven, as if the series is unable to balance all the things it tries to be. To be clear, Dujardin is excellent as the chameleonic Alphonse and Charlotte Gainsbourg is arresting as his mercurial wife Margot. But there’s a murkiness and vagueness to the overall style, tone, and direction of the series that leaves you wanting more. It’s okay, but there’s a sense that it could’ve been great if it tighten its screws a bit more.
Alphonse, a quadragenarian going through a professional and marital crisis, reconnects with a father he barely knew and discovers a surprising new calling. Along the way, he meets a galaxy of women, each more exciting and quirkier than the last, plunging him into a journey that is both perilous and transgressive, yet filled with kindness.
A man in his 40s, frustrated in his work and love life, reconnects with his father, who introduces him to a life of sexual exploration.
Charlotte Gainsbourg. By a mile. For all the romp and the sexual entanglements the series plays with, the best parts of it are when it gives Alphonse and Margot time to inspect their marriage honestly. Gainsbourg provides all the tenderness and warmth between them, which she impressively hides beneath Margot’s exterior of cool and calm. Her expressions are delicate, but Gainsbourg is a volcano of emotions. She can say so much without saying anything at all, and to be honest, the show might’ve been better off if it removed all the frills and just focused on Alphonse and Margot as a couple instead. The tension between them alone is enough to fuel six episodes.
There are too many complex women in this story for Alphonse to be the main character.
I disagree. His wife had thrown him out. i did think it was wonky. He became an opportunistic gigolo who was happy to take advantage of older women between 50 through 80 giving them the sexual or other encounters that they craved. At first, Alfonso saw it as a job and loved the money. But eventually he began to care about these women even to the point.of not charging a couple of them. He and his wife reunited and sadly, they decided they could have a nice bankroll he continued the gigolo job, and they lived a life of luxury. I believe Alphonse was by far the most gifted actor.
First off, her name is Gainsbourg. Second, his character’ s name is Alphonse. To be clear. Third, it is another French series obsessed by sex. Americans are obsessed with money.
Alphonse is a psychological TV series about a man in a failure situation. His mother left him when he was a kid, and since then, he has been struggling with his dad and his relationships with women. He meets many women in search of his mom, and in this quest, he discovers himself and rekindles his ailing marriage and finally meets his mom.