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A French Case

TV·2021–2021·1 season, 6 episodes·TF1·Crime, Drama·52m·Created by Jérémie Guez, Alexandre Smia

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When four-year-old Gregory is murdered, his devastated parents, the police and the judiciary are tested to their limits.

Castfull cast & details

Marie HattermannMarie HattermannLa gendarme FlorenceBlandine BellavoirBlandine BellavoirChristine VilleminGuillaume GouixGuillaume GouixJean-Marie VilleminGuillaume de TonquédecGuillaume de TonquédecLe gendarme SesmatLaurent StockerLaurent StockerLe juge LambertGérard JugnotGérard JugnotMaître GaraudMichaël YounMichaël YounJean-Michel BezzinaLaurence ArnéLaurence ArnéJeanne Lombardie

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes2021Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01My revenge is doneSeptember 20, 2021—October 16, 1984. The body of Grégory Villemin, 4 years old, is found drowned in Vologne. As journalists flock, the gendarmes follow the tra
  2. S01E02The packSeptember 20, 2021—A suspect is arrested, under the eyes of the raging journalists. This arrest sows trouble in the Villemin family. For their part, the gendar
  3. S01E03The post office girlsSeptember 27, 2021—While the gendarmes believe they have the culprit in the person of Bernard Laroche, their witness retracts. But an unexpected testimony quic
  4. S01E04The abyss of chimerasSeptember 27, 2021—Sesmat is replaced at the head of the investigation by Corazzi, who is convinced of Christine's guilt. Feeling let down by everyone, Jean-Ma
  5. S01E05Sublime, necessarily sublimeOctober 4, 2021—The noose tightens around Christine, while Jean-Marie faces the consequences of his act. The case becomes even more publicized when Margueri
  6. S01E06France's most hated womanOctober 4, 2021—Christine, imprisoned and pregnant, begins a hunger strike. She then publishes a book to defend herself, while Judge Lambert plays his last

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