The curse of Provins (2019) is a detective TV film by Olivier Doran with Thierry Neuvic, Anne Caillon and Gil Alma. The opinion and criticism of Bulles de Culture on this unitary fiction rebroadcast on France 3 on Thursday December 19.
Synopsis :
Renan Thomas (Stéphan Guérin-Tillié) stages the new spectacle of the Remparts, one of the biggest tourist attractions in the famous medieval city! But, in the middle of the performance, the director is stabbed by a real medieval dagger. Although he was not fatally injured, the assassin fled…
Captain Patrick Robin (Thierry Neuvic) arrives at the crime scene and comes face to face with Karine Demarle (Anne Caillon), captain at 36, but also his ex-wife. They will have to team up to solve this case. A collaboration that revives memories and feelings…
The curse of Provins : “a romantic thriller/comedy”
With a filming in Ile-de-France (Province, Saint-Ouen), a scenario of Lorène Delannoy, Yann Le Gal et Pierre Lacana picture of Benjamin Louetoriginal music by Pascal Jambry and a realization of‘Olivier Doranthe TV movie The curse of Provins East “a romantic thriller/comedy” regional as the actor defined it to us by telephone Gil Alma (Maman a tort , Inside), who plays a forensic doctor alongside the police captains played by Anne Caillou (Tomorrow belongs to us, Camping paradis) et Thierry Neuvic.
“I’m part of the scientist and I’m the new friend of Anne Caillou’s charactertold us Gil Alma. She is a cop and finds herself on a murder in Provins where she sees her ex-husband again. They parted a little painfully and I see that there is still a little flame between them. It’s a beautiful investigation, a beautiful story between the two. We will say that it is a thriller/romantic comedy”.
Also worth mentioning to the casting Stéphan Guérin-TilliéJulie-Anne Roth (Remember, The part of suspicion), Grégoire Oestermann et Noam Pacini (A French village, Primary).
Nice characters and good suspense
Plot-wise, the TV movie The curse of Provins offers the usual bickering and rapprochements between pairs, spiced up with a loving trio, an investigation with twists and turns, a hint of the Middle Ages and the Order of the Templars… all enhanced by magnificent aerial and underground shots of the town of Provins – with a personal preference for images under the mist of this sub-prefecture of the department of Seine-et-Marne.
Our opinion?
The curse of Provins is a detective TV film which certainly meets the specifications of the genre without surprise but also offers rather nice characters and good suspense.
Filming secrets, anecdotes: did you know?
- The original music is signed Pascal Jambrycomposer among others of the feature film The move (1997) and the TV movie The Michetoneuses (2018), both directed by Olivier Doran.
- The actor Gil Alma will be back in the guise of the hypochondriac investigator Caesar Wagner Friday January 3 on France 2. For her part, the actress Anne Caillon will be part of the cast of the feature film Mika Ex Machina by Mika Tard and Déborah Saïag, which will be released on Wednesday January 1 in cinemas.
Learn more:
- The curse of Provins is broadcast on France 3 on Thursday December 19, 2024 at 9:05 p.m.
- The TV film is available in streaming and replay on France.tv
- The curse of Provins was broadcast, for the first time, on France 3 on Saturday December 21, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.
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