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Netflix’s French Documentary ‘Cocaine Air’ Soars to Second Slot on Streamer’s Weekly Top 10: ‘It’s Like a Spin-Off of “Narcos,”‘ Says Filmmaker
The filmmaker of 'Cocaine Air,' Netflix's new documentary which is ranking second on the weekly top 10, discusses the making of the limited series.
Their adventures, including an epic escape by boat that involved a far right deputy, Aymeric Chauprade, a former European Parliament assistant, Pierre Malinowski, and aviation security expert, Christophe Naudin, have now gone totally viral across the globe thanks to the documentary series. The popularity of “Cocaine Air” on Netflix has even surpassed that of “ Lords of Scam,” another comedy-filled original documentary based on a tentacular investigation by Bouchara and Pierrat which came out in 2021 and charted the rise and fall of conmen who cheated the EU carbon quota system and pocketed millions before turning on each other. He and Pierrat were able to pull together the investigation thanks to their sources within the justice system and police, along with “more shady circles,” Bouchara said, citing “Pablo Escobar’s former chemist, and the mercenary who smuggled the pilots out by boat, as well as a few characters who look like they’ve stepped out of a Soderbergh film.” One of them is Sarkozy, who is fittingly quoted in the opening credits saying “Have we become crazy?
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