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- ↑ Rebecca Leffler, "Pulsar Content boards Antoine Chevrollier’s motocross drama ‘Block Pass’". Screen Daily , 10 January 2024.
- ↑ Pierre Langlais, "“Irresponsable” sacrée par les critiques de séries. Télérama , 6 June 2018.
- ↑ Marion Bellal, "“Hippocrate” auréolée par l’Association des critiques de séries". Télérama , 5 June 2019.
- ↑ Solène Boutillier, "Oussekine sur Disney+ : la mini-série récompensée par l’Association française des Critiques de Séries". AlloCiné , 16 December 2022.
- ↑ Fabien Lemercier, "Pulsar Content to wield three aces in the Cannes showcase". Cineuropa, 23 April 2024.
- ↑ Franck De Brito, "PORTRAIT. Antoine Chevrollier, le réalisateur qui monte, vient tourner chez lui en Maine-et-Loire". Ouest-France , 10 April 2023.
