The Trigger
Every fire needs a spark
Created by Éric Benzekri
On Canal+
A tense, morally murky crisis-management thriller centered on a PR fixer navigating scandal, racism, and institutional damage in professional football.
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.
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