Of Money and Blood (French: D'argent et de sang) is a 2023 French crime drama thriller[3][6] miniseries created, written and directed by Xavier Giannoli and co-directed by Frederic Planchon, based on the 2018 book D'argent et de sang by Fabrice Arfi about the 2008–2009 carbon tax fraud scandal in France.
It stars Vincent Lindon, Niels Schneider, Ramzy Bedia, Judith Chemla, David Ayala, Olga Kurylenko, Yvan Attal, André Marcon, Victoire Du Bois, Matthias Jacquin and Lyes Kaouh.
The miniseries made its world premiere at the 2023 Venice Film Festival out of competition on 31 August 2023, and was later broadcast by French network Canal+ on 16 October 2023.
[11] The character Jérôme Attias[4] was inspired by French businessman Arnaud Mimran and would be played by Gaspard Ulliel,[8] who had already started filming the series and was pictured on the set in December 2021.
[12] Ulliel was on a break from shooting Of Money and Blood when he died from a head injury on 19 January 2022–after a skiing accident on the previous day.
All of the 12 episodes of Of Money and Blood made their world premiere to favorable reviews[11] at the 2023 Venice Film Festival out of competition on 31 August 2023,[22][1] before being broadcast by French network Canal+ on 16 October 2023.