''Witnesses'' (TV series)
| Witnesses | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Also known as | 'Les Témoins' |
| Genre | Police procedural |
| Created by |
Marc Herpoux Hervé Hadmar |
| Directed by | Hervé Hadmar |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language(s) | French |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Release | |
| Original network |
France 2 (France) La Une (Belgium) |
| First shown in | Belgium |
| Original release | 22 November 2014 |
| External links | |
| lestemoins-laserie.com |
lestemoins-laserie |
Witnesses (French: Les Témoins) is a French television police procedural drama noir series by Marc Herpoux and Hervé Hadmar. It made its debut on Belgian channel La Une on 22 November 2014 and on France 2 on 8 March 2015. It began streaming in the US on Netflix on 1 May 2015[1] and aired in the UK on Channel 4 from 22 July 2015.
In March 2016, France 2 announced a second season,[2] which premiered in France on 15 March 2017.
Premise
Witnesses is set in the small coastal town of Le Tréport in northern France, where the bodies of murder victims are being unearthed and left for discovery. The former chief-of-police, Paul Maisonneuve (Thierry Lhermitte), is implicated in the murders. Detectives Sandra (Marie Dompnier) and Justin (Jan Hammenecker) investigate the case.[3]
Cast
- Thierry Lhermitte: former police chief Paul Maisonneuve
- Marie Dompnier: police lieutenant Sandra Winckler
- Laurent Lucas: criminal Kaz Gorbier
- Mehdi Nebbou: Eric
- Jan Hammenecker: Detective Justin
- Catherine Mouchet: Maxine "Max" Dubreuil
- Anne Benoît: Christiane Varène
- Roxane Duran: Laura, a waitress
- Frédéric Bouraly: Philippe, casino boss
Dompnier won a Golden FIPA award for the best actress in a television series at 2015's Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming (FIPA) for her part in the series.[4]
References
- ↑ France, Lisa Respers (30 April 2015). "New streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu in May". CNN. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ↑ "Witnesses’ returns for season two" (in French). NordicNoirandbeyond.fr. Retrieved 10 Mar 2016.
- ↑ "Les témoins" (in French). FranceTV.fr. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ↑ Awards, IMDb, Undated.Retrieved: 24 July 2015.