The Trigger
Release
18 Mar 2024Country
Language
FrenchProduction
Overview
The stars of French football are celebrating the end of the season with a high-profile party full of glitz and glamour. But a scandal erupts when star player Fodé Thiam violently headbutts his coach and uses a racist slur against him, inciting angry demands to exclude Fodé from the team. The club hires Sam, a brilliant but emotionally unstable PR fixer, to diffuse the crisis and save the team's future.
Plot
A woman who runs a crisis management firm encounters a massive scandal when a black soccer player beats the team's coach, a white man. The scandal goes viral and is exploited by a far-right politician in France.
Cast
Ratings
Season 1
Box to Box
As at the end of every season, the French soccer community celebrates its heroes. Everything changes when Fodé Thiam, the star of Racing Paris, delivers a violent headbutt to his coach, before calling him a “dirty toubab.” To manage the crisis, club president François Marens calls on the Kairos Conseil agency, which includes Sam Berger, a talented communications specialist. Marie Kinsky, Sam’s former friend and rival, exploits the situation by stoking the flames of identity-based divisions.
Episodes of Season 1
6 episodes
