Family mood on France 2: What is the police comedy with Sylvie Testud and Samuel Labarte worth?

What is it about?

Siblings, heirs to a police dynasty, Caroline and Francois are efficient investigators with atypical methods. Fast, who finds it difficult to escape the spirit and methods of the BAC of 9-3, false slow, who has no equal in deciphering men thanks to his passion and knowledge of animals… Rat des city, country rats , complementary, irreconcilable, united as Two fingers. as solid as a wall.

But, behind the wall is another story… Dog and cat look alike! And in their explorations, relive the eternal sibling relationships, each’s place in the family, childhood memories, the good and the bad, and the wounds in each soul that never heal…

Family talentSaturday, April 8 at 9:10 p.m. on France 2

who is he with

Recently seen in L’Abime, Diane de Poitiers or Notre-Dame brule, the actor Samuel Labarte lends his qualities to Francois Flement, the commissioner in the Bay of Somme who knows and appreciates everyone, and thus rediscovers the genre of police comedy that he used. For a long time in the series “Agatha Christie’s Little Murders”.

In front of him is Sylvie Testud (Fugueuse, Peur sur le lac, Tamara), who plays Caroline, the captain of the BAC, who is also Francois’ sister and who is forced to work under her brother’s orders. When he was transferred to his hometown.

Rounding out the shocking duo are Oscar Cope (La Promise) and Fatim Zahra Alam as two young cops who are part of Flament’s team.

Also Anne Giroux (Camelot), Cyprian Gardin (HPI), Laurent Fernandez (Under Control), Laurent Bateau (Les Grands) and Constantin Vidal (Mental).

Is it worth checking out?

French television’s Saturday night detective films have long been reserved for France 3. A test stage (?) in which Family talent Which, it must be said, with its prestigious cast and real moments of comedy, is in any case not much related to the thrillers we are used to finding at La Trois on weekends. Finally, like Cassandra or The Killings. …

Directed by Didier Bivel (Mise à nu, Infidèle), this unique piece, filmed in the Abbeville region of the Somme, deserves first of all to see its actors, all very good, led by Samuel Labarty and Sylvie Testud, who present the show. And seems to enjoy playing François and Caroline Flement, the dog and cat characters of Flair de famille.

In the role of “Monsieur François”, a quiet commissioner who lives alone after the death of his wife and uses his knowledge of the animal kingdom and nature to analyze the human soul and clearly see the game of his suspects, Samuel Labarte imposes and proves. Be just great as always.

For her part, Sylvie Testud shines in the skin of her “electric battery” sister, who does not appreciate this return to the countryside, does as she pleases and has no tongue in the poacher. A hundred-mile-an-hour role that contributes much to the humor derived from this TV movie. Even if the actor sometimes does too much.

In this slanted unit, envisioned as a possible series pilot, Oscar Cope, already very good in The Promise on TF1, also excels in his charisma and precision. Whereas the presence of actors like Laurent Bateau and Anne Giroux is always a guarantee of quality.

On the investigative side, the plot, which focuses on a young woman who is murdered in the agricultural cooperative where she worked, develops surprisingly and unexpectedly, as is often the case in French television thrillers. But whatever. Because it’s the really complicated relationship between François and Caroline, the way they work together and the arguments that accompany their exchanges and inventing childhood memories that make Flair de famille.

And if we’re clearly far enough away HPI Or at least Candy Renoir in terms of comedy and colorful characters, this new French fiction, which combines investigation and humor, has serious arguments and should please viewers who are resistant to The Voice this Saturday night in front of the telly.