Tonight on TV: When Fabrice Luchin and Camille Cotin lead the investigation in the adaptation of David Fenkinos’ bestseller

In the heart of Brittany, in a strange library, a young editor discovers an extraordinary manuscript, which he immediately decides to publish. The novel becomes a bestseller. But its author, Henry Peake, a Breton pizza maker who had died two years earlier, according to his widow, never wrote anything but his shopping lists.

Convinced that it’s a hoax, a famous literary critic decides to investigate, with the unexpected help of the mysterious Henry Peake’s daughter.

This amazing pitch, which, I must admit, immediately makes you want to translate it into pictures, is the delicious dramatic comedy Le Mystère Henri Pick, which was released in cinemas in 2019.

Funny, intelligent, rhythmic, full of surprises, this literary exploration is adapted from the book of the same name by David Fankinos, author of La Délicatesse, Les Souvenirs and I’m Going Better.

Director Rémi Besançon, to whom we owe The First Day of Your Life in particular, was fascinated by the hybrid genre of literary investigation and the idea of ​​changing the world after the transmission of introspective feature films.

Along with Vanessa Portal, a regular co-writer of his films, he chose to focus on the character of literary critic Jean-Michel Rouche, even though the novel is a choral work.

Luchin and Cottin as the perfect investigative duo

“In the book, he only appears halfway through the story”the film director notes. “We wanted to make him the main character and lead the investigation, it’s a variation of the same story, a different point of view.

The result is real success. The Secret of Henry Peake is a captivating and genuinely beautiful film that will hold you from start to finish, and one of its main assets is undoubtedly its wicked duo of Fabrice Luchini and Camille Cottin, whose alchemy explodes on screen. What if you did an investigation with them?

Tonight on France 3 at 21:10.

Henry Peake according to Luchin: “Broad like Pinard, but not arrogant like an intelligent film“