Of Money and Blood
Of Money and Blood () is a 2023 French crime drama thriller miniseries created, written and directed by Xavier Giannoli and co-directed by Frederic Planchon, based on the 2018 book  by Fabrice Arfi about the 2008–2009 carbon tax fraud scandal in France. It stars Vincent Lindon, Niels Schneider, Ramzy Bedia, Judith Chemla, David Ayala, Olga Kurylenko, Yvan Attal, André Marcon, Victoire Du Bois, Matthias Jacquin and Lyes Kaouh. The miniseries made its world premiere at the 2023 Venice Film Festival out of competition on 31 August 2023, and was later broadcast by French network Canal+ on 16 October 2023. Cast
 Vincent Lindon as Simon Weynachter
 Niels Schneider as Jérôme Attias
 Ramzy Bedia as Alain Fitoussi
 Judith Chemla
 David Ayala
 Olga Kurylenko
 Yvan Attal
 André Marcon
 Victoire Du Bois
 Matthias Jacquin
 Lyes Kaouh

Production

Development
The project was announced in August 2019. Vincent Lindon was the first actor to be announced in the cast. The working title was . The screenplay was written by Xavier Giannoli and Jean Baptiste Delafon, based on the 2018 book  by journalist Fabrice Arfi about the 2008–2009 carbon tax fraud scandal which resulted in a major tax shortfall in France and was dubbed "the fraud of the century" by the press. Of Money and Blood marks the first television series for both Giannoli and Lindon. The series was produced by Curiosa Films. The budget was €30 million ($28 million). Canal+ bought the rights to Arfi's book and financed 50% of the development costs. The character Jérôme Attias was inspired by French businessman Arnaud Mimran and would be played by Gaspard Ulliel, who had already started filming the series and was pictured on the set in December 2021. Ulliel was on a break from shooting Of Money and Blood when he died from a head injury on 19 January 2022–after a skiing accident on the previous day. The production still had 84 more days left of filming and Ulliel was expected to return to the set on 24 January 2022. Filming was suspended following Ulliel's death. The character Alain Fitoussi, portrayed by Ramzy Bedia, was inspired by Mimran's friend, Mardoché Mouly, also known as Marco Mouly. Initially, Giannoli wanted to stop shooting the series and throw away months of work after Ulliel's death. He later changed his mind and started looking for a replacement for Ulliel. On 18 February 2022, Canal+ confirmed to France's Le HuffPost that actor Niels Schneider would replace Ulliel in the miniseries. Ulliel and Schneider were friends and co-stars in the films One Nation, One King (2018) and Sibyl (2019). In an interview with French magazine Femina in April 2022, Schneider said he was skeptical when Giannoli offered him the role, because Ulliel's death had brought back memories of what he had experienced with the death of his brother, who also died young and violently in an accident, and it took him a long time to put his brother's death at a distance, but everything came back to him after Ulliel's death. It was meeting Giannoli that convinced him to take on the role. Schneider said Giannoli was "destroyed" and had thought about quitting the series after Ulliel's death, but that he knew how to find the right words and told Schneider that they also practice this profession "to ward off death and tragedy". Schneider asked for a week of reflection before accepting the role. His partner Virginie Efira encouraged him to accept it. Following Schneider's casting, filming resumed in April 2022. Ulliel and Schneider had the same height and the same measurements, and for that reason Schneider ended up wearing the same costumes that had been worn by Ulliel in the beginning of filming. Filming
Principal photography began on 16 October 2021. After a pause in January 2022 following Ulliel's death, filming resumed in April 2022 and wrapped on 22 October 2022. Filming took place in Cyprus, Paris, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Israel, Manila and Philippines. Release
All of the 12 episodes of Of Money and Blood made their world premiere to favorable reviews at the 2023 Venice Film Festival out of competition on 31 August 2023, before being broadcast by French network Canal+ on 16 October 2023. The series will be distributed internationally by StudioCanal. Canal+ holds distribution rights in Poland, Africa, Myanmar and Vietnam. References

External links
 
 Of Money and Blood at StudioCanal
 
 

2023 French television series debuts
2020s French drama television series
Crime thriller television series
Thriller television series
French-language television shows
Canal+ original programming
Serial drama television series
Television series based on books
Television series based on actual events
Television series about organized crime
Television shows set in France
Television shows filmed in Paris
Television shows filmed in France
Television shows filmed in Cyprus
Television shows filmed in Israel
Television series set in the 2000s
21st-century French television series