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Greek Salad (2023 TV series)

Greek Salad (French: Salade grecque) is a French comedy-drama television series created by Cédric Klapisch, Eugène Riousse, and Thomas Colineau, released on Amazon Prime Video on 14 April 2023. A sequel to Klapisch's film trilogy L'Auberge espagnole (2002), Les Poupées russes (2004), and Casse-tête chinois (2013), it follows Tom and Mia, the children of Xavier and Wendy, as they come of age in a crisis-era Athens.1 • 2

Key factDetail
Original title / formatSalade grecque; one season of 8 episodes of about 52 minutes, comedy-drama1
Created byCédric Klapisch, Eugène Riousse, Thomas Colineau1
DirectorsCédric Klapisch, Lola Doillon, and Antoine Garceau3
ReleaseOpened the Séries Mania festival in Lille; worldwide on Prime Video on 14 April 20234
Lead castAliocha Schneider (Tom), Megan Northam (Mia), with Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Cécile de France, Kevin Bishop, and Barnaby Metschurat returning from the films5
SettingAthens, in a building the siblings inherit from their maternal grandfather6
ReceptionAlloCiné press rating 3.6/5 (12 reviews) and viewer rating 3.9/5 (1,277 ratings); IMDb 7.3/10 (about 1,400 votes)1 • 7

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Premise

Tom and Mia are the children of Xavier (Romain Duris) and Wendy (Kelly Reilly), the couple at the center of L'Auberge espagnole, who are now separated. After the death of their maternal grandfather, a British speculator, they inherit an abandoned building in central Athens.6 Tom, 26 years old and born in Paris, is a graduate of a New York business school who wants to sell the property to fund an agroecological start-up conceived with his American partner. Mia, who has told her family she is studying there on Erasmus, actually lives in Athens as an activist helping refugees.8 • 9

While the siblings delay a decision about the building, they share it with other young Europeans, in a multicultural squat that the France Télévisions program notes contrasts with the Erasmus flat-share of the original film. The series follows their romantic entanglements and commitments alongside themes including gender politics, activism, migration, and the future of Europe.10 • 8

Cast and characters

Aliocha Schneider plays Tom and Megan Northam plays Mia. Returning cast members from the films include Romain Duris as Xavier, Kelly Reilly as Wendy, Cécile de France as Isabelle, Kevin Bishop as William, and Barnaby Metschurat as Tobias.5 • 2 The supporting cast of young characters includes Giulia, an Italian student; Kristos, a charismatic leader who helps migrants; Noam, who came from Burundi; Reem, a Syrian refugee; and Pippo, an indolent Italian.9 • 6

Production and release

Klapisch moved the story of his trilogy from feature films to an eight-episode series, continuing his portrait of European youth twenty years after L'Auberge espagnole; after Barcelona and New York, the setting is Athens.2 In a Cineuropa interview, the director said that hearing what young Swedes, Croats, and Greeks thought of Europe today added a further layer to what the team had decided to tell.5 Lola Doillon coordinated the writing and directed several episodes alongside Klapisch and Antoine Garceau, with a team of writers including Thomas Colineau, Agnès Hurstel, Charlotte de Givry, Paul Madillo, and Eugène Riousse.8 • 3 Production companies were Ce qui me meut Motion Picture and Amazon, with Prime Video as distributor.5

The series opened the Séries Mania festival in Lille in March 2023 before its Prime Video release on 14 April 2023.4 It later became available in full on the French public platform france.tv from 7 August to 6 November.10

Reception

French critics gave the series generally positive but qualified reviews. Le Parisien praised Klapisch's portrait of a new generation of young Europeans "with humor and humanity" and described the new generation as "more committed, less carefree" than their parents.9 Le Monde's Thomas Sotinel wrote that the series "overflows with good intentions, often contradictory," with characters serving as emblems of causes, and that it recovers the fluidity and lightness of L'Auberge espagnole mainly in a Christmas dinner scene.6 On AlloCiné the series holds a press score of 3.6 out of 5 and a viewer score of 3.9 out of 5 from 1,277 ratings; on IMDb it holds 7.3 out of 10.1 • 7

References

  1. Salade Grecque – Série TV 2023, AlloCiné
  2. "Salade grecque", la suite de "L'Auberge espagnole", se dégustera en avril sur Prime Video, TF1 Info
  3. Greek Salad (2023) – Full cast & crew, IMDb
  4. « Plus politique », « réaliste » : le public a goûté et apprécié la « Salade grecque » de Cédric Klapisch, Le Parisien
  5. Greek Salad (Salade grecque) – Cineuropa
  6. « Salade grecque », sur Prime Video : Cédric Klapisch cuisine la génération Z, Le Monde
  7. Regarder la série Salade grecque streaming, JustWatch
  8. Des teenagers rock'n'roll à la génération Z, nos séries de la semaine, Le Monde
  9. « Salade grecque » sur Prime Video : Cédric Klapisch réussit une suite parfaitement assaisonnée, Le Parisien
  10. Féta valise | France TV & Vous

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026

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