‘Witnesses,’ ‘Alvinnn,’ ‘Picasso’ Win Best French Export Prizes

Edit Variety 15 Dec 2015
Newen Distribution’s “Witnesses,” the French procedural starring Thierry Lhermitte , has won the export prize for a fiction drama from promotion org TV France International. Created by Hervé Hadmar and Marc Herpoux, the duo behind “Pigalle, la nuit,” “Witnesses” was commissioned by pubcaster France 2 and sold nearly worldwide, including in the U.K. to Channel... Read more » ... ....

Great beer, fine food and views – the Normandy guesthouse that has it all

Edit The Guardian 30 Sep 2015
The star of French thriller Witnesses made seaside bar La Filibustière in Ault a second home during filming. Twitter ... It has a restaurant as well, plus three guestrooms with sea views ... I’ve great memories of being there with Jan Hammencker and Thierry Lhermitte after work ... ....

French director Bertrand Tavernier to receive Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement (Venice International Film Festival) ...

Edit Public Technologies 07 Sep 2015
(Source. Venice International Film Festival). News. French director Bertrand Tavernier to receive Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement ... 09 . 07 ... 627in 1992 ... With the comedy Quai d'Orsay (2013), which won the Best Screenplay award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, he addressed the theme of French politics, casting Thierry Lhermitte in the role of a Minister of Foreign Affairs, inspired by the figure of Dominique de Villepin....

The week in TV: Witnesses; The Ugly Face of Disability Hate Crime; Dispatches: Hunted: Gay and Afraid

Edit The Guardian 26 Jul 2015
The latest Euro noir thriller ticks all the right boxes, while BBC3’s brave programme about disablism showcased a great new talent in Adam Pearson. Witnesses (Channel 4) . All 4. The Ugly Face of Disability Hate Crime (BBC3) . iPlayer. Dispatches. Hunted. Gay and Afraid (Channel 4) . All 4 ... Hard ... Marie Dompnier, almost a complete unknown to TV, all but acts the socks off the older Thierry Lhermitte, a much-garlanded star ... Facebook Twitter ... Fine....

What to Watch: Tonight's TV Picks - Witnesses, Hannibal

Edit Digital Spy 22 Jul 2015
Witnesses. Channel 4, 10pm. © Channel 4 / Newen Distribution ... Three unrelated bodies are dug from their graves and posed as a family in a show home. After a picture of him was discovered near the crime scene, former police officer Paul Maisonneuve (Thierry Lhermitte) comes out of retirement to help in the investigation. Wentworth Prison ... ....

Witnesses, TV review: This creepy, classy thriller is more than just a French Broadchurch

Edit The Independent 22 Jul 2015
I went camping in Normandy once; it rained for five days. My prevailing memory is of greyness. grey skies, seas and shops, probably once candy-coloured, now faded ... The crime at the centre of Witnesses is unashamedly grisly ... Detective Sandra Winckler (Marie Dompnier) was on the case with retired detective Paul Maisonneuve (Thierry LhermitteFrance's "Doc Martin") whose photo, weirdly, was found arranged at the scene ... --> ... ....

Witnesses recap: episode one – things could get a little weird

Edit The Guardian 22 Jul 2015
The French drama is the latest show to take inspiration from Scandi noir, and this promising opening episode gave us plenty to get our teeth into. France has reinterpreted an assortment of police drama genres from the US. Slow-burning takedowns such as Spiral bore the influence of The Wire. There were shades of The Shield in the morally murky Braquo ... Bizarrely, Thierry Lhermitte plays the lead in the French adaptation of Doc Martin ... ....

Wednesday’s best TV

Edit The Guardian 22 Jul 2015
Minted expats in reality show Life On Marbs, a look into why people Carry On Caravanning, and Witnesses– the French Broadchurch? Plus. behind-bars drama in Wentworth Prison and a celebration of the Erotic Adventures of Anaïs Nin ... Why has this been done? And why has someone placed a photo of retired cop Paul Maisonneuve (Thierry Lhermitte) in the bedroom? Detective Sandra Winckler (Marie Dompnier) would certainly like to know ... ....

Witnesses (Channel Four Television Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 09 Jul 2015
Written by Hervé Hadmar and Marc Herpoux, and starring Thierry Lhermitte (Le Diner de Cons, Doc Martin) and Lauren Lucas (Calvaire, Lemming), Witnesses is a 6-part French police thriller that explores the dark corners of the human psyche and the lengths to which some people will go to exact a perfect revenge....

Interview with Marie Dompnier (Channel Four Television Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 09 Jul 2015
(Source. Channel Four Television Corporation). The following feature is available free for reproduction in full or in part ... Here. Dompnier explains a little more about the project, and why it made her move from her normal metier in the theatre to primetime TV ... Sandra is a detective who works with her sidekick Justin (played by Jan Hammenecker) but she's given a new partner Paul (played by Thierry Lhermitte) to investigate the case ... (noodl....

Interview with Hervé Hadmar (Channel Four Television Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 09 Jul 2015
(Source. Channel Four Television Corporation). This is not a picture of Monsieur Hadmar. Thankfully. The following feature is available free for reproduction in full or in part ... You wrote and directed Witnesses. Explain a little about the premise of the show ... That's it ... I had Thierry Lhermitte in mind for the role of Paul Maisonneuve, but I didn't know Marie Dompnier - in fact, nobody in the TV or movie business really knew her ... It was great....

Five questions with 'Witnesses' actress Marie Dompnier

Edit The Examiner 05 Jun 2015
Marie Dompnier is a French actress that is currently starring in the French TV show "Witnesses." The show is a mystery thriller. The first season is currently on iTunes, Amazon, and Netflix. The show originally broadcasted on France 2 and it was the most successful show in five years with over 11.4 million combined viewers for the first two episodes ... The series also stars Thierry Lhermitte, Laurent Lucas, and Catherine Mouchet ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5....

Euro Film Festival kicks off today

Edit Big News Network 07 May 2015
Speech writer Arthur Vlaminck (Rapha?l Personnaz), left, tries to high-five French foreign minister Alexandre Taillard de Worms (Thierry Lhermitte) in Bertrand Tavernier's film, The French ... ....
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