Direction Brittany for Commissioner Adamsberg, who has come to lend a hand to one of his police friends. Because in Louviec, near Combourg (Ille-et-Vilaine), an assassin stuns people in less time than it takes for a pancake maker from Stade Rennais to roll a sausage pancake.
On the slab is the adaptation (in two episodes) of the eponymous novel by Fred Vargas, released in May 2023. It benefits from a great line-up of actors. Adamsberg, played by Yvan Attal, came down from Paris with Louis-Do de Lencquesaing (Danglard), Sylvie Testud, Virginie Ledoyen…
They do what they can, but we have more the impression of seeing a nice group of friends on the weekend than a team of crack investigators. The pace is sluggish, it is difficult to find the atmosphere of the novel, supposed to be strange and supernatural. The magnificent medieval town of Moncontour, (Côtes-d’Armor), a real star of the TV film, nevertheless offered the dream setting…
The power duo Emmanuel Carrère (screenplay) and Josée Dayan (director) were more inspired in previous adaptations of Fred Vargas’ novels. In their defense, we cannot say that their adaptation was unsuccessful. The novel itself sounded a little hollow…
France 2 9 p.m. Continuation and end Monday October 28.
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