Reviews on series Witnesses (3)

I didn't feel very well.

It is absolutely impossible to find fault with the visual part: gloomy, graceful oppressive flower tower, good-quality tones and shades of film, interiors, work with light, the work of the operator - everything was at a high level.
The detective himself is weak.

First of all, the villains are, like, not particularly villains. At least their far-fetched motivation is very far-fetched.

Secondly, the degree of tension is very low. Everything slides into a murky story with "I don't believe."
Central to the story is the past of the protagonist and how he did wrong (conditionally) with some people. Behind these dramas, the drive of the plot is lost. The series is small, and watched it with difficulty - uninteresting.
When all the cards were revealed, and it happened not even at the end, not in the last series, it became even more boring to watch. I didn’t believe in the motivation of the heroes or their actions. Why did you have to do everything exactly...right? What is this nonsense?
Separately there are strange directorial decisions.

The main character is in a position, but this does not prevent her from smoking every five minutes (just did not take a cigarette out of her mouth throughout the series), drinking alcohol and wearing heels. And most importantly, I never understood why the heroine was pregnant. That was supposed to show how she sacrificed everything to catch the bandits? Strange move.

Then there is an indistinct confrontation of the main characters. It would seem that there must be something out of the ordinary why they compete, but everything turned out trivial.
The abstract sounds intriguing, yes. Stolen corpses? Wow, interesting. No irony. But in fact, everything is very uninteresting, rotten, and the corpses are just bait, and there was no sensible, clear and mature justification for them.
4 out of 10

In a French provincial town, someone with a clearly sophisticated imagination took and left in one of the houses for sale several bodies, which he himself dug out of the graves in the local cemetery. For great intimidation, next to the bodies was left a photo of Paul Mesonevre, a veteran criminal police officer, now retired. Fairly believing that the clue lies in Paul’s past, young detective Sandra Winkler sets out to investigate this bizarre crime.

Whitewashed with gray hair Thierry Lermitt behind whom there are already many roles and the charming Marie Dompnier, a theater actress and a newcomer to cinema, perfectly complement each other. At the work of this duo, an experienced policeman and an aspiring detective, it is interesting to see which of these two will be able to find the killer, who will fall into the trap of his own illusions and forgotten secrets.
Despite the rather gloomy atmosphere of the series is filmed with the inherent ease and grace of the French, no doubt even for sure it is the French cops who are always or almost always in a good mood, optimistic and do not mind drinking a glass of other wine while thinking about the main line of investigation. Some slowness of the narrative does not spoil the overall picture, the plot is filled with riddles from beginning to end, new victims, stories from the past, personal troubles, secret vices, there is something to puzzle over during all six episodes.

The series takes place against the backdrop of picturesque landscapes of the small town of Le Trepore located on the English Channel coast, rocky terraces covered with emerald moss and the ruins of an old castle fully convey the incredible charm of the French province.

I would recommend watching.

8 out of 10

Stylish crime and detective mini-series...

Something unimaginable happens, someone desecrates graves and digs up the bodies of certain people by placing them in exhibition samples of houses. The case is taken by a female detective and retired was once an outstanding officer of the criminal police of the north of France.
Before us is a high-quality and good-quality French mini-series (6 episodes), stylish and atmospheric, with beautiful views of the north of France, moderately mysterious and cold, more like Scandinavian series.

You can also note the cast of the film, where the stars of French cinema are occupied - Thierry Lermitt and Laurent Luke, who very successfully fit into their roles.
I recommend watching.