Murders in the Verdon valleys on France 3: How much is a TV movie with Bruno Wolkovich worth?

What is it about?

In the Verdon valleys, Major Thierry Rouvier, who is retiring, and young captain Elie Zaquin collaborate on the murder of a 78-year-old man found at the Castillon Dam.

They are soon joined by Chloe Delage, a psychocriminologist from the Gendarmerie who is none other than Major Rouvier’s daughter. A coincidence that doesn’t necessarily make things right, because Thierry and he have a complicated family relationship.

The anonymous letter and the second murder have their roots in the distant past, directly affecting Thierry and Chloe. The investigation does shed light on the disappearance of Thierry’s father, Andre Rouvier, fifty years earlier.

As a teenager, Andre and his friends created the “Brotherhood of Capricorns” after the war, and it is its members who are killed one after another.

for what reasons What crime did these children commit to pay with their lives today? This is what Chloe, Eli and Tier will have to find out, risking their lives to solve this case.

Saturday, June 24, from 9:10 p.m. on France 3

who is he with

To portray Major Thierry Rouvier, France 2 has tapped Bruno Wolkovich, an actor who spent many years as Vincent Fournier in PJ. He was recently in the cast of Missing from Mirkwood and Sam.

His daughter is interpreted by Barbara Probst, who appears in The Missions and Codex, and the young captain Eli Zakin is played by Gary Mihaileanu (Alice Nevers, the judge is a woman).

Murders in the Verdon Valleys also marks the return of Cecilia Hornus to the small screen, more than a year and a half after Plus belle la vie was discontinued. In turn, singer Michelle Jonas slips into the shoes of one of the killer’s future victims.

Jonathan Cardonelli and Florence Hautier (La Vengeance aux yeux clairs) are also in the cast of this detective fiction, directed by Stefan Kopec (Josephine, Guardian Angel, Camping Paradis), who also wrote the screenplay with Carine Giebel, the queen of thrillers crowned with multiple awards. Literary.

Is it worth checking out?

After celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Meurtres à Saint-Malo collection last April with a special episode called New Murders in Saint-Malo, which saw the return of Bruno Solo and Louise Mono in this sequel to Meurtres à Saint-Malo. Malo, France 3 resumes its normal course of programs this Saturday, June 24, Murders in the Verdon Valleys.

In this new episode, Major Thierry Rouvier teams up with young Captain Eli Zakin to investigate the strange murder of a 78-year-old man. They are quickly joined by Chloe Delage, a psychocriminologist from the Gendarmerie, who is none other than Thierry’s daughter.

Despite their complicated relationship, they will have to put aside their resentment to solve this investigation, which seems to be connected to Thierry and Chloe’s past. In the course of the investigation, they really shed light on family secrets that have been buried for years.

After working on Camping Paradis, Josephine, Guardian Angel or even Alice Never, the judge is a woman, Stéphane Kopec returns to work on Meurtres dans les gorges du Verdon and joins forces for this occasion with Karine Giebel, thriller and famous author. Psychological thriller, to write a screenplay.

The result: a well-crafted plot with many twists and turns, based on brilliant shots of the region’s landscapes. Thanks to its interesting ending, which connects the father and son with the events that happened before their birth, Murder in the Verdon Valleys will keep you in suspense from start to finish.

Unfortunately, some of the dialogue is a bit too explanatory, sounding fake. The fault, perhaps, with a very dense story, compressed into the 89 minutes allotted to a collection of telefilms.

If the relationship between Bruno Volkovich (Thierry) and Barbara Probst (Chloe) works very well, the chemistry between the latter and Gary Mihaileanu (Eli Zakin) is lacking. Their approach, which comes from nowhere, has a hard time touching us.

In short, Meurtres dans les gorges du Verdon is a solid piece of fiction with an original and surprising plot that has a few flaws, namely a didactic side that detracts from the spontaneity of the characters.