The Sleeping Village on France 3: How much is this intriguing TV movie with Lola Deweyer worth?

What is it about?

“When the murderer, Lucas, escapes during his prison transfer, a strange phenomenon suddenly disrupts the life of the village. The inhabitants fall into a long sleep one after the other. It is in this climate of panic and suffering that Captain Martin of the Gendarmerie finds himself. On the verge of divorce, they must find Lucas and investigate a series of crimes.

With the help of Ellis, a specialist sleep doctor who has been a booster at the hospital, he discovers the source of this mysterious falling asleep, which is not related to the murder he is investigating. A dark affair that will reveal the deep “wounds” inflicted on Earth.

The village of sleepers It will be broadcast on Tuesday 21 March 2023 on France 3 from 21:10. It is available again on the france.tv website until July 28, 2023.

who is he with

This TV movie stars Aurelien Wick (Munk, Luther) and Lola Dewere (Astrid and Raphaela) as Martin and Alice respectively. They answer to Stéphane Freys, Flore Bonaventura, Vincent Winterhalter, François-David Cardonel, Julien Crampon or even Niels Hamel Brochen.

The Sleeping Village is a 90-minute fiction film written by Frédéric Foley, Mathieu Glaize, and Alain Eteve. Production is directed by Philippe Dajou.

Is it worth checking out?

From the first seconds of Sleeping Village, a policeman gets behind the wheel of a van to transport a criminal. Immediately, an accident occurs, because the driver really fell asleep: the prisoner escapes and becomes a fugitive… Then everything is connected!

There is no time to blink during the first half hour of a TV movie. Many issues are actually standing and intersecting. We also wonder how things will end in the remaining 60 minutes of fiction…

Alongside this escape, we meet Martin, a concerned police officer, and discover that his marriage is on the verge of implosion. In the town where he lives with his wife and son, a strange and disturbing phenomenon occurs: the residents suddenly fall into a deep sleep from which they cannot be brought out.

An expert doctor, Dr. Elise Bertelotti, arrives immediately to find out the cause of this mysterious outbreak of coma. After a while, a hold is put in place… except the murders are now publicly regretted! What links connect these events to each other?

The reasons that caused the natives to fall asleep and the rest of the incidents are vaguely explained. In the second part of the fantasy, everything suddenly changes! Between false politics, damaged ecology and dirty tricks, a health care scandal weaves in parallel with the personal problems of the protagonists.

All of this could have been better proportioned and developed as the story progressed. The story would probably gain some fluidity as we’re sorry to see the pacing run out of steam… too bad. Regardless, the cast’s acting is believable and the production helps to hold the audience at a very intriguing start to the fiction.