Murder in Auvergne

Thierry Binisti
TV film
2017
Durée 90 min
Écrit par Alexandra Echkenazi & Alexandra Julhiet
Synopsis

A woman’s body is found nearby the Lake Pavin in the Auvergne region. The staging of the murder baffles the investigators in its resemblance to the legend of the lake, whereby the sinners of Besse, having provoked God’s anger, were buried alive and then covered in the Devil’s tears. Could it be that the victim herself was considered a sinner by her murderer? For Lieutenant Bruno Romagnat, working alongside Chief-officer Aurélie Lefaivre, the case couldn’t be more sensitive: it so happens that he knew the victim…

Coproduction

QUAD Télévision
France Télévision
RTBF

with the support of
TV5 Monde
RTS
CNC

Avec

Sofia Essaidi
Frédéric Diefenthal
Stéphane Rideau