Les Cimes, a small ski resort in the Dents du Midi region. It’s the end of the season, the vacationers are leaving, the snow is melting… and the horror is revealed during the day: the body of a murdered woman in an intriguing and macabre staging.
The case is headed by Swiss captain Sterne Peyre, who is soon supported by French investigator Lies Boaun, who explains to him that another body has been found in a similar condition on the other side of the border. As the mystery deepens, the investigator discovers that his son accidentally killed his girlfriend in a car. Steren’s life is turned upside down: how far will he go to protect his son?
From 1 September every Thursday at 21:10 on France 3 and now fully available on Salto.
Watched 6 episodes out of 6.
Sterne Peyre and Lies Bouaun, the two police heroes of Off Season, are played by Marina Hands, who is becoming more and more familiar with the series after Mytho, Zone blanche and Taboo, and Sofiane Zerman (as Fianso). We can be seen on the small screen in Les Sauvages and Alger Confidentiel. And who in a few days will take the first role of the movie under the influence on Netflix.
Facing them, France 3 viewers will especially find Cyril Metzger (L’Evénement, Une fille qui va bien) in the role of Jeremy, Steren’s son, Nicolas Wanczycki (Grand Hôtel, L’Art du crime) ex-Cannes. – Heroine’s husband, Isabelle Kaya (Crisis Cell), Anna Pierre Zürcher (Double Life) or even Jean-Hugues Angled in a rather amazing role.
Created by Sara Farkas (Nina, Vortex), Marine Flores-Ruim (Contact, Clem) and Claire Kahn (Prometheus), Off-Season has a bit of originality and audacity in the genre seen and discussed thriller background. Serial killers.
The result: this six-episode mini-series, which appeared on Serial Mania a few months ago, has easily established itself as one of the most beautiful surprises of 2022 on French television. Who manages to hold us and surprise us thanks to a very well written script that does not skimp on surprises.
From its first images, this French-Swiss co-production (via RTS), which falls somewhere between Les Rivières pourpres and Un homme d’Honneur in terms of the themes it deals with, already stands out for the atmosphere that emerges from its decor: A small ski resort, almost deserted, after the departure of the last seasonal workers, where the macabre discovery of a body buried under the snow, in a very specific scene, mixes with an intimate study of trauma, secrets and agitations. Residents of Les Cimes.
But, uniquely, Off Season is first and foremost at the level of its story, based on an unstoppable pitch that would be a downright shame to reveal in full.
Indeed, to the initial questions – who is the Edelweiss killer? What secret threatens a large-scale real estate project that could revitalize the resort? – The writers of the series add an unexpected new script layer at the end of the first episode, which turns everything upside down. and leads the off-season in a very well-seen and enjoyable direction.
Already genuinely troubled by the death of her daughter three years earlier, how far will Steren, who perfectly portrays the versatile Marina Hand, go to protect her son Jeremy, who accidentally kills his girlfriend in a car accident? That’s the whole point of these six episodes, which, despite being a bit slow at times, manage to grab us and never let go.
Especially since another rather large twist intervenes in the middle and breaks the series again. Much to the delight of the audience, who really doesn’t know where this snowy hunt will take him.
In terms of casting, Marina Hands finds a strong partner in the person of comedian and rapper Sofiane Zerman, with a magnetic and insane precision that confirms all the good things we already thought about her in Les Sauvages or the recent performance. Théâtre du Châtelet stage in a new musical adaptation gatsby the great.
Although Cyril Metzger, Anna Pierre Zuercher, brilliant as a calculating businessman – and, by the way, Steren’s former best friend – or even Jean-Hugues Angled are not left out. Pierre Monard (Neumat) in front of the camera, who with his raw and authentic production brings the cold and darkness necessary to this chilling thriller that promises to be a chilling end to the summer on France 3.
Source: allocine
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