Sous le soleil

French soap opera

Sous le soleil

Created by	Olivier Brémond and Pascal Breton
Starring	Adeline Blondieau Bénédicte Delmas Tonya Kinzinger
Country of origin	France
No. of episodes	480
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	TF1
Release	13 March 1996 (1996-03-13) – 20 December 2008 (2008-12-20)

Sous le soleil (Under the sun; French pronunciation: [su lə sɔ.lɛj]) is a French soap opera broadcast on French major channel TF1 from 1996 to 2008. A spin-off, Sous le soleil de Saint-Tropez has been broadcast in French channel TMC since 2013.^[1]

Broadcast

It has been a success in many countries, particularly in Latin America, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovakia, Russia, Turkey and Poland. In different times it was also shown in Hungary, Ukraine, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Mexico, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, USA and many other countries. In Serbia, the show has been on air continuously since 1998 on several different channels; as of 2009, the show is being syndicated in its entirety on several local television channels. In Montenegro (as well as in Serbia through cable), new episodes are being shown on Atlas TV.

Plot and characters

The plot focuses on the lives and romances of Laure, Caroline and Jessica, three young women living in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera.^[2] Laure is a sensitive woman working as a doctor in a hospital of Saint-Tropez. Caroline is a willful and smart woman who works hard to make it as a singer and a lawyer. Jessica is a beautiful American blonde who works as a bartender, model, and dancer.

Cast

Bénédicte Delmas as Laure Olivier (243 episodes)
Adeline Blondieau as Caroline Drancourt (207 episodes)
Tonya Kinzinger as Jessica Lowry (344 Episodes)
Marie-Christine Adam as Blandine Olivier (150 Episodes)
Grégory Fitoussi as Benjamin (62 Episodes)
Lucie Jeanne as Victoria (34 Episodes)
Arnaud Binard as Manu (18 Episodes)
Claude Gensac as Aunt Clarissa (4 Episodes)
Yoann Sover as Fabrice (season 6)

Guest

Agnès Soral as Lise Hamon
Alice Pol as Chloé
Babsie Steger as Sylviane
Delphine Chanéac as Charlotte Lacroix
Jean Dell as Lawyer Belgrand
Lucien Jean-Baptiste as Bob Robin

Music

The Sous Le Soleil (Theme Song) is by Avy Marciano.

References

^ "Exhibition". www.sainttropeztourisme.com. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ "Avant/après : que sont devenus les acteurs de «Sous le soleil» ?". parismatch.com (in French). 4 December 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2023.