{"id":14564,"date":"2024-11-16T23:49:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T23:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgproduction.fr\/?p=14564"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:25:17","slug":"the-penguin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgproduction.fr\/?p=14564","title":{"rendered":"The Penguin"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14564\" class=\"elementor elementor-14564\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11ad8f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"11ad8f1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b391f1 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"7b391f1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65beec5 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"65beec5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f265675 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"f265675\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5f9418 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"c5f9418\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d83485d exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d83485d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default elementor-inline-editing pen\" style=\"font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; color: #000000; line-height: 1.2em; text-align: right;\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"\u00c9crivez ici...\">The Penguin<\/h2><h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">Limited Series<\/h6><h6>\u00a0<\/h6><h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">Best Lead Actress (Limited Series) &#8211; Emmy<\/h6><h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">Best Lead Actor &#8211; Irish TV, SAG &amp; Golden Globe<\/h6><h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">Best Lead Actor, Actress &amp; Cast (Limited) &#8211; Astra<\/h6><h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">Best Writing &amp; Best Visual Effects &#8211; WGA &amp; VESA<\/h6><h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">Best Special Make-up Effects (Limited) &#8211; MUAHSG<\/h6><h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">Best Production Design (Limited Series) &#8211; ADG<\/h6><h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">Best Costumes, Hair, Make-up, Music, Sound, Visual Effects &#8211; Creative Emmy<\/h6><p style=\"text-align: right;\">2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-207dee7 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"207dee7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9ca946 elementor-widget__width-initial exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9ca946\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; 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The Lobster) y interpr\u00e9tait le r\u00f4le d\u2019Oz Cobb, alias le Pingouin pour ses d\u00e9tracteurs, \u00e0 savoir un lieutenant du principal mafieux en ville : le patriarche de la famille italienne Falcone. Mais les \u00e9v\u00e9nements tragiques du film \u00ab\u00a0The Batman\u00a0\u00bb ont \u00e0 la fois cr\u00e9\u00e9 un vide de pouvoir au sein de la p\u00e8gre de Gotham et une faillite sociale dans une ville envahie par le d\u00e9sespoir. Cette s\u00e9rie limit\u00e9e suit donc Oz tentant de profiter de la situation pour s\u2019\u00e9lever du rang de gangster \u00e0 celui de mafieux, pouss\u00e9 par une aspiration au respect ancr\u00e9e dans le pass\u00e9 trouble des quartiers n\u00e9glig\u00e9s et des populations sous-estim\u00e9es. Pas de Batman dans cette s\u00e9rie donc, qui s\u2019av\u00e8re bien plus proche d\u2019un r\u00e9cit \u00e0 la \u00ab\u00a0Sopranos\u00a0\u00bb ou du \u00ab\u00a0Parrain\u00a0\u00bb qu\u2019une s\u00e9rie de comics.<\/p><p>\u00ab\u00a0The Penguin\u00a0\u00bb c\u2019est en fait une mini-s\u00e9rie (8 \u00e9pisodes) qui fonctionne parfaitement ind\u00e9pendamment des films tout en s\u2019inscrivant dans la continuit\u00e9 du \u00ab\u00a0Batman\u00a0\u00bb de Matt Reeves aussi bien gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une coh\u00e9rence visuelle qu\u2019une harmonie narrative. Loin d\u2019une interpr\u00e9tation <em>cartoonesque<\/em> du \u2018Pingouin\u2019 et avec une histoire tr\u00e8s humaine \u2013 et dure \u2013 pour l\u2019ensemble de ses personnages, c\u2019est une s\u00e9rie sombre et radicale, v\u00e9ritablement centr\u00e9e sur un m\u00e9chant \u00e0 savoir un vrai antagoniste et non pas un antih\u00e9ros. C\u2019est certes une \u2018<em>origin-story<\/em>\u2019 comme l\u2019indique son titre nominatif mais on ne ressent absolument pas le traitement \u2018<em>spin-off<\/em>\u2019 \u00e0 la <em>Marvel<\/em> : oui la s\u00e9rie fait le pont entre les deux films \u00ab Batman \u00bb mais c\u2019est loin d\u2019\u00eatre son objectif, c\u2019est simplement sa destination finale au gr\u00e9 d\u2019un voyage captivant et \u00e9prouvant plein de dramaturgie.<\/p><p>La s\u00e9rie remplit parfaitement son r\u00f4le en continuant \u00e0 d\u00e9velopper ce monde de Gotham et de la p\u00e8gre en vue du prochain film tout en construisant un personnage \u00e0 la fois d\u00e9testable et concevable. C\u2019est d\u2019ailleurs le cas de tous les personnages qui sont ici d\u00e9velopp\u00e9s et nuanc\u00e9s. Mais c\u2019est bien un Colin Farrell m\u00e9connaissable sous plusieurs couches de maquillage et de proth\u00e8ses qui livre ici une performance saisissante d\u2019un \u00eatre sous-estim\u00e9 et mal-aim\u00e9. L\u2019alchimie entre l\u2019acteur irlandais et le jeune Rhenzy Feliz (Runaways) apporte ainsi une tendresse inattendue quand celle avec Cristin Milioti (Palm Springs) d\u00e9clenche un engrenage de souffrances. Le reste du casting est tout aussi talentueux avec notamment Clancy Brown, Carmen Ejogo, Mark Strong, Theo Rossi, Michael Kelly et Deirdre O\u2019Connell qui interpr\u00e8te une m\u00e8re mentalement instable qui va d\u00e9construire le puzzle que sont les origines du Pingouin dans une opposition classique mais ambigu\u00eb entre nature vs \u00e9ducation.<\/p><p>Si la s\u00e9rie reprend l\u2019atmosph\u00e8re si sp\u00e9cifique de \u00ab\u00a0The Batman\u00a0\u00bb avec ses d\u00e9cors (sans toutefois une photographie aussi remarquable), son contexte politico-social, et sa musique (avec le fils de Michael Giacchino prenant la rel\u00e8ve), elle se distingue donc du film avec ses propres enjeux, son propre ton et son propre regard sur la ville. La sc\u00e9nariste et <em>showrunneuse<\/em> Lauren LeFranc r\u00e9ussit une excellente s\u00e9rie sur un manipulateur et une s\u00e9rie qui \u00e0 juste titre nous manipule elle-m\u00eame en jouant sur nos attentes. Le sc\u00e9nario porte cette intrigue rythm\u00e9e, tendue, surprenante et m\u00eame bouleversante. Il y de tr\u00e8s bonnes r\u00e9v\u00e9lations, une judicieuse utilisation des flashbacks, beaucoup de pr\u00e9sages subtilement diss\u00e9min\u00e9s dans d\u2019excellents dialogues qui \u00e9toffent aussi bien les personnages que la nature de la corruption dans cette ville.<\/p><p>Le poids du r\u00e9cit se ressent dans chaque \u00e9pisode jusqu\u2019aux trois s\u00e9quences finales d\u00e9vastatrices en guise de conclusion m\u00e9morable pour s\u2019inviter dans la course aux meilleures s\u00e9ries de l\u2019ann\u00e9e \u2026<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Rapha\u00ebl Sallenave<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42480e6 elementor-widget__width-initial exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42480e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><p>While <em>DC<\/em> Studios was sinking deeper and deeper into its connected universe with films that were increasingly less interesting than the others, in 2022 Matt Reeves released his version of the caped crusader with a superhero film unrelated to the studio&rsquo;s other ventures, taking us into its own world, its own style and its own storyline. \u201cThe Batman\u201d has since cemented itself as one of the very best comic-book movies of all time, thanks to its dark, complex narrative, its gorgeous cinematography, its fascinating urban setting and all the other features that make it so much more than just a superhero adventure.<\/p><p>Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin; The Lobster) played Oz Cobb, alias the Penguin to his opponents, a lieutenant to the city&rsquo;s leading mobster: the patriarch of the Italian Falcone family. But the tragic events of \u201cThe Batman\u201d have created both a power vacuum within Gotham&rsquo;s underworld and a social collapse in a city overrun by despair. This limited series then follows Oz as he attempts to benefit from the situation to rise from the ranks of gangster to mobster, driven by a yearning for respect rooted in the troubled past of neglected neighborhoods and under-valued populations. There&rsquo;s therefore no Batman in this series, which is much closer to a \u201cSopranos\u201d or \u201cGodfather\u201d story than a regular comic-book show.<\/p><p>\u201cThe Penguin\u201d is in fact a mini-series (8 episodes) that works perfectly well on its own and at the same time fits into the continuity of Matt Reeves&rsquo; \u201cBatman\u201d thanks to both visual consistency and narrative harmony. Far from a cartoonish interpretation of the &lsquo;Penguin&rsquo;, and with a very human \u2013 and tough \u2013 story for all its characters, this is a dark and hard-hitting series, truly centered on a villain \u2013 i.e. a real antagonist, not an antihero. This is indeed an origin story, as its nominative title suggests, but there&rsquo;s absolutely no sense of <em>Marvel<\/em>&lsquo;s spin-off approach: yes, the series bridges the gap between the two \u201cBatman\u201d films, but that&rsquo;s far from being its sole objective; it&rsquo;s simply its final destination on a captivating and challenging journey full of drama.<\/p><p>The series fulfills its role perfectly, further developing the world of Gotham and the underworld in anticipation of the next film, while building a character that is both loathsome and understandable. In fact, this applies to all the characters here, who are all fleshed-out and nuanced. But it&rsquo;s definitely an unrecognizable Colin Farrell under several layers of make-up and prosthetics who delivers a gripping performance of an underestimated and unloved being. The chemistry between the Irish actor and young Rhenzy Feliz (Runaways) brings an unexpected tenderness, while the one with Cristin Milioti (Palm Springs) sets off a spiral of suffering. The rest of the cast is just as strong with Clancy Brown, Carmen Ejogo, Mark Strong, Theo Rossi, Michael Kelly and Deirdre O&rsquo;Connell playing a mentally unstable mother who unravels the puzzle of the Penguin&rsquo;s backstory in a traditional but ambiguous opposition of nature vs. nurture.<\/p><p>While the series recaptures the unique atmosphere of \u201cThe Batman\u201d, with its settings (albeit without such outstanding visuals), its political and social context, and its score (with Michael Giacchino&rsquo;s son taking over), it stands out with its own stakes, its own tone and its own look at the city. Writer and showrunner Lauren LeFranc pulls off an excellent series about a manipulator, and a series that quite appropriately manipulates us as well, by playing on our expectations. The script delivers a fast-paced, tense, surprising and even shocking plot. 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