What is it about?
The intertwined story of Linda and Tom, a debt-laden couple who orchestrate a life insurance scam, Philip, a cop who has heard everything but is taken seriously, and a small frontier community left behind by modernity. After all, good people who didn’t want to hurt anyone…
Arte on Thursday 13 and 20 April at 20:55. Season 1 is now available in its entirety on Arte.tv. Watched episodes: 4/6.
who is he with
The trio created by Stefan Bergmans, Benjamin d’Aust and Mathieu Donck, who previously worked on La Trêve, Des gens bien, is created by the duo Lucas Meister and Bérangere McNeese. The latter is particularly known for playing Daphne Forestier in the TF1 HPI phenomenon series.
To portray the French police officers, the production called Dominique Pinon (Cassandre), Michael Abitboule (Les Shrimps Paillettees, Les Revenants) and Indian Hair (Annie Colère).
On the other hand, Pieter van den Begin, a Belgian actor who we saw in particular in Les Amateurs and Les Ardennes, portrays an ex-criminal who will be difficult for Linda and Tom.
Is it worth checking out?
After the international success of La Trêve broadcast on France 2 in 2016, Benjamin d’Aust, Stéphane Bergmans and Mathieu Donck turn 180°C with Des gens bien, a crazy black comedy in the tradition of the Coen brothers’ films. .
An opportunity to follow Linda, a tanning salon owner, and Tom, a Belgian police officer, a debt-ridden couple who decide to create an insurance scam to get their money back and start a new life in the sun. This way they will believe that Linda died in a car accident.
But if their plan seems foolproof, they will very quickly have to face new problems that they did not expect. Between a far-fetched accomplice, a disappearance that doesn’t go unnoticed, and the police who may turn out to be more competent than expected, will the pair be able to pull off their plan?
Through the characters of Tom and Linda, the screenwriters explore the spiral of over-indebtedness and paint a portrait of a couple who may seem mischievous, but who turn out to be above all excited by the situation they face.
There are no super-investigators here who can find bullshit in two minutes. The Good People follows ordinary people who get caught up in a nefarious scheme.
Beranger McNeese and Lucas Meister, who play Linda and Tom, do a great job of portraying them and making us love these characters we are meant to hate. The rest of the cast certainly doesn’t fall short, with every actor managing to capture the quirky tone of this Franco-Belgian comedy.
Despite its short duration, Good People is a timeless mini-series that skillfully combines humor and drama to tell us the tragic fate of ordinary people who were not gifted by life. Don’t miss it!
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