Duane: I was the first one to be surprised, reading that you
are now installed in Chiracland! But apparently, Kentucky
holds you firmly...
Cinefrog referred to the "Navarro" series. This one is on
since approx. 8 years, I think, and ended just recently, this
season . It's the life of a French commissaire -Navarro- and
his collaborators in a Paris precinct. Solid scipts allied to
above average (for TV serials) French actors made of this
series a real success. Close to noir, and with some human
resonance, I must admit it's one of the best "feuilleton
policier" that French TV ever produced for a general
audience, and it became very popular. Each episode, having a
full 1h30 format, is a self-contained story and plot, but
with recurrent police personnel characters(and some of the
secondary characters). Scripts were initiated by Tito Topin
(very gifted HB/noir writer- a first class storyteller)and
later he was helped by some of the good new French writers of
the field. The series stopped mainly because Roger Hanin, the
actor playing the central character (Navarro), did not want
to continue due to his own age
(becoming too old). The adequation between Navarro and Hanin
was so good that I understand fully why the producers do not
want to continue the series with other actor(s). It's another
"policier" series (sorry I forgot its name...)that will fill
the gap, but the pilot of this new one was not fully
convincing; so, wait and see.
On the other hand I doubt you ever will have it on
TV5-satellite as Navarro was programmed by the commercial
channel TF1, and TV5 only relays shows from FR2 and FR3 (
French public TV).
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At 10:03 13-12-02 -0500, you wrote:
>Cinefrog <
Cinefrog@comcast.net> wrote:
>
><<
> One French police series (two years old I think)
that many praised in
>France
>hasn't made it to TV5 yet though...maybe you've seen
it in UK???...or maybe
>Duane Spurlock also in RARA knows which one, since he
lives in France??...
>>>
>
>HI STEVE!
>
>These sound interesting, so please let us know more.
True, I like French
>crime novels and cinema. Yet I live in Kentucky.
Maybe you're thinking of
>Etienne?
>
>- Duane
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