Murders in Honfleur broadcast on France 3: the editorial opinion

Between September and October 2024, for exactly 20 days, Honfleur (Calvados) served as a movie set. Or rather a TV movie, because the teams of the collection “ Murders at…” broadcast on France 3on Saturday evening, installed cameras and projectors in the city of painters.

Under the experienced eye of the director Christelle Raynalthis new part of France Télévisions' favorite program fictionalizes a police investigation around the local MP, found dead, his body caught in the mesh of a fishing net, covered in salt.

Viewers were able to discover this new episode, this Saturday January 18, 2024, on France 3, and for those who missed it, the replay is still available on France Télévisions here (until July 23, 2025).

The Pays d'Auge editorial team looked, and shares its impressions with you:

We liked it

• the legend of the Harlequin : this story is little known to the people of Honfleur, and yet it is very amusing and fits very well with the detective intrigue. It dates back to the 17th century and is still told in the “tales and legends” guided tours offered by the tourist office.
• laerial shots on Honfleur, its old basin, the Sainte-Catherine district and the Normandy bridge taken from every angle when the scenario takes the spectators to the police station located on the other side of the water, in Le Havre.
• the enhancement of theNorman architecturethe Honfleur streets of Enclos, the oldest district of the city. Filmed at night with the play of light that goes with it, the mystery surrounding the legend of the Harlequin is only heightened.
• THE sets, lighting, costumessome dialogues
• the reference to local emblematic places (the Nobel, the Eugène Boudin museum, etc.) the tribute to the sailors of Honfleur, even if the sale of fish is not authorized on the quays of the old basin the accuracy of the interpretation of Hélène Seuzaret and Dominique Pinon

We liked less

• l’inoverplayed interpretation of the Russian woman extravagant with an accent to cut with a knife
• the easy shot on vegetarians, who would be sectarian or even crazy allies, and crooked and womanizing deputies.
• the local newspaper who is called Honfleur Free. And why not instead The Pays d’Auge ?
• some inconsistencies following the small arrangements intended to facilitate filming but which prevent those who know Honfleur, the region and the world of fishing well from entering the story without reservation
• the very Parisian pronunciation of Villerville. We take this opportunity to remind you: in the name of the town, the E is pronounced as in Villers-sur-Mer and not as in Villeurbanne.

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