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Beautiful Excursions: Week-end à Collioure (2017)
Season 11, Episode 32
8/10
An interesting and nice excursion.
1 June 2024
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Pyrénées-Orientales: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.

There are some interesting aspectsof the region: Port-Vendres ( the cruisers coming from America, the American,Candian and Australian tourists visiting for a day this town, the painter Marc Doury, the "oenotourisme"-the wine maker Benoït Briu, the diversity of grapes varieties-the tasting of Grenachewine,the photographer Saïd Aouad and the old pictures of the port), the Saint-Vincent celebration at Collioure ( the sardana and the humanpyramide, the church of Notre-Dame des Anges, the procession with the relics of Saint-Vicent,the comic boat race in the bay of Collioure), the waters of the region (the promotion of the thermal resorts by Eugénie de Montijo, the resort ofVernet-les-Bains, the gold digging in the rivers), the sports in the mountains ( Stéphane Roucal and the canyoning-the abseiling of a waterfall-, the discovery of a cave with the speleologist Jean-François Vermotte, the parc animalier -Jean-Pierre and Françoise observing the wolves from their cabin-), Argelès-sur-Mer ( the 55 camping sites, Manuel Bey and the camping site of Les Galets,the mobile homes and also tents, the family ambiance), and the border betwen France and Spain (the train station of Cerbère-the standard gauge track and the Iberian gauge track, the Spanish enclave of Llívia, -Albert and Mélia and the restaurant "Ambassade de Llívia, the bilingual education-French and Catalan languages).

I enjoyed the encounters of Raphaël de Casabianca with Manée Pous (the Hôtel des Templiers), with Jean-Claude Ducatte (Fort Saint-Elme) , with Florent and Guy Roque, with the fishmonger Nicolas Badie, with the chef Masashi Ijima, with the diver and rugby player Alan Brazo, with the ceramist Claire Baudy, with the journalist Cyrille Maniere, with the mountain biker Florian Pouches, with the shipwright Jérémy Thiele, with the boat restorer Mrtinn Luc Bonnardot, with Benjamin (Tour de Batère) and with the "accompagnatrice en montagne" Estelle Catala and the mountain climber Thomas Dulac at the Mount Canigou; nice encounters with very kind French men and women.
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The President's Hat (2016 TV Movie)
7/10
The magic hat.
31 May 2024
After a strong talk withhis chief Daniel Mercier goes to a restaurant where the President Mitterand was eating and picks up the hat of the pressident .Then Daniel Mercier has the courage to return to the office and to speak with the executive borad and is promoted to a new position. But he lost the hat the hat in atrain and and the young woman Fanny finds the hat and she decided to change her life-a long relationship with a married man without future-. Later Fannyloses the hat and Pierre Alan, a former perfume creator and depressive man finds the hat and his life changes. Then the businessman Bernard Lavallière beocome owner of the hat the hat: Bernard, a businee with a factory, agrees with the strike and accepts the.claims of the workers. A thief on a scooter steals the hat, but Daniel Mercier manages to recover the hat.

A pleasant comedy with the good performances Frédéric Diefenthal, Frédérique Bel, Roland Giraud, Michel Leeb. Gaëlle Bona, Marie-Armlle Deguy and and Anne Jacquemin.
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Changement de cap (1998 TV Movie)
6/10
A common comedy.
31 May 2024
Two main characters: Marilyn, the wife of the knife-thrower Tino and Dora, the owner of a perfime company. After the spectacle of knif throwing Marilyn sees her husband Tino kissing a gr¡irl: that's enough for her and sh is so despoerate: Dora stops her suicide attempt and enters in the life of Marilyn. Suddenly. Marilyn encounters the stowaway Zina and decides to help her. On her side Dora is under pressure to sell her company to the Coralys company. There is a moment of misunderstanding between Dora and Marilyn,but soon they will be friends again.

I enjoyed the performances of Mimie Mthy, Claude Gensac, Deni Bracchini, Yves Jacques and Saïda Jawad.
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Flair de famille: Rouge sang (2023)
Season 1, Episode 1
6/10
A complicated criminal investigation.
31 May 2024
The police commissioner François Flament and his sister Croline are in charge of the investigation of the murder of Sabrina Delorme found dead in the strawberries fields of the farmer Jacques Vandamme.

François and Caroline try to investigate about the life of Sabrina and they meet then Yvan Laborde, the friend of Sabrina and also former byfriend of LOren Delorn, Sabrina's sister. Then they meet the squatter David who hasd a relationship with Loren. On the other side Laurent Delorme, full of anger is menacing Jacques Vandamme, because he is thinking that Jacques has killed his daughter.

I njoyed the performances of Sylvie Testud, Samuel Labarthe, Anne Girouard, Laurent Fernandez, Cyrpriane Gardin, Laurent Bateau and Constantin Vidal.
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Meurtres à...: Meurtres à Bayeux (2023)
Season 10, Episode 11
7/10
A pleasant criminal investigation.
31 May 2024
The gendarmeri captain Clara Leprince is in charge of the investigation of the death of Lord John Dewish-an arrow through his eye-. At the same time Clara realizes that her sister Mathilde is the girlfriend of her colleague Vincent Leclerc-both sisters have lost some years ago their mother-. Lord Dewish and his wife had a quite strange relationship and appears the character of Thomas Vanneau, a neonazi who is very interested in the the famous Bayeux Tapestry. On the other side Mathilde tries to convince that the death of their mother was not a suicide and little by little Clara knows more about Lord Dewish.

I enjoyed the performnces of Sara Mortnsen, Camille Claris, Idir Chendr, Nancy Tate, Ken Samuels, Maria Narbonne and Guillaume Narbonne.
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Frühling: Eine Handvoll Zeit (2023)
Season 12, Episode 1
7/10
A pleasant story.
31 May 2024
Katja and Tom have ivited Leslie and her new boyfriend Ali to a mountain excursion.they meets together at the cable-car station; then a young couple arrives and later a lady. They begin the ascent, but suddelly there is a cable-car breakdoww-moments of panic for Leslie and Katja, Tom and Ali try to calm her. At the same time we have the story of the cat of Mrs. Marga Stein which has escaped from the retirement home and the meeting of Mrs. Marga Stein with the priest Sonnleitner who discovered that Mrs. Marga Stein has had a very tense relationship with her stepdaughet Luise König. By chance Katja is involved in the story of Mrs Stein and her stepdaughter.

I enjoyed the performances of Simone Thomalla, Johannes Herschmann, Jan Sosniok, Aykut Kayacik, Nadine Weietz, Pia Amofa-Antwi, Manuel Feneberg, Nikola Norgauer and Susanne Schäfer,
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Beautiful Excursions: Bourgogne, terre de vignes (2019)
Season Unknown, Episode Unknown
8/10
A very nice excursion.
28 May 2024
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Bourgogne: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.

There are some interesting aspects of Burgundy: the vineyards of Burgundy (the small plots or climats, the wine maker Etienne Grivot-the terroir and the know-how of the wine makers-, the climats become Unesco World heritage site in 2015, the historian Guillaume Grillon-the manuscript of the 12th century,the monks, then the noble people grow the vineyard , then the textile traders became Burgundy wines traders,later the wine merchants bought the vineyards-, the Maison du Vin at Beaune, the oenologist Véronique, the visit of the cellar and the wine tasting), the "oenotourisme" in Burgundy (the Californian Barbara and Jennifer visit the vineyard with an oenologist, the wine maker Valérie Denis and the wine tasting, the School of Wine and Spirits business of Dijon, the guide Bruno and the segway tour in the vineyard, the different aromas of the wine, the grapes harvesting at the Château de Pommard and the tasting of the fresh grape juice), Meursault as film location for the film (La Grande Vadrouille with Bourvil and Louis de Funès, the memories of the local firemen who were stunts in the movie), the culinary treasures of Burgundy ( Thierry Beuzeux and the looking for the Burgundy truffles, Yann Beuzeux and the tiramisu made with truffles, Emilie Jeanne and her Charolais cow and the direct sale of Charolais meat, Frédéric Menager and his "ferme-auberge", farmhouse-inn -the organic farming of vegetables and the poultry farm-), the "vendanges" ( the wine maker Laurent and the grapes harvest - the advices from a good harvest- , the wine makers Louis, Sophie and Alain Meunier and the 40 harvesters, the snack at 10 am and the great supper, the great moment of encounters and of friendliness) and the festival of "La Paulée" ( the traditional costumes, the brass bands, the hunting horns, the great meal, the wine maker sharing their wine bottles, the male choir and the traditional songs).

I enjoyed very much the encounters of Sophie Jovillard with the chef and pilot William Frachot, with the wine maker Pierre Duroché, with the sommelier Maxime Brunet, with the guide Emilie Chapulliot, with the salewoman Chloé Zaza, with the photographer Philippe, with the caviste François Chaveriat, with the climbers Max and Ludwig, with Hugo Nuzillat and Jérôme Fouailly at the Clos de Vougeot,with the balloonist Pierre, with the caviste Jean-Luc Goichot and the historian Bruno François at Beaune and with the Lafarge family at Lugny; nice encounters with very kind Burgundy men and women.
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8/10
A very interesting and nice excursion.
25 May 2024
I enjoyed very much this excursion through Burgundy: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.

There are some interesting aspects of Burgundy: the "Château-fort" of Guédelon ( the building of the castle using traditional techniques, the stonecutters Clément and Nicolas, the mason Mathieu), the restoration of the "Château" de Vallery (the stonecutter Nicolas), the Canal de la Bourgogne ( the lock keeper Pierre Etienne Guillemin, the fishing of zanders and pikes,the help to the boaters for the crossing of the locks, the pleasure of the boaters to navigate in this canal), the restaurant and cabaret "La Ruche Gourmande" (Luc, Catherine et Eugénie Soulard, the cabaret spectacle), the snails of Burgundy ( the snails breeder Frédéric Marcouyoux, the cartoonist Michel Burdin and his comic books, Gaston the metallic snail created by Hervé Begin), the town of Autun and Tolix chair ( the famous metallic chair created by the designer Xavier Pauchard in 1930) and the forests of the Morvan ( Cyrille Couvenant and his portable sawmill, the work at the farm , the good qualities of the Douglas fir wood, the tree climber Olivier Nugues and the beech tree, the photographer Jean-Luc Luyssen and the pictures of the forest-a moment of harmony with the nature-).

I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with Amélie de MacMahon at the castle of Sully and the little cellar of the estate, with the aerobatics pilot Sylvain Parmentier a Chalon-sur-Saône, with the cattle breeder Jean-François Jacob at Saint-Léger-lès-Paray and Saint-Christophe en Bionnais, with food truck manager Jean Rustou, with Marc of the Moutarderie Edmond Fallot, with the ceramist Bérénice in Beaune, with the architect Claude Correia at Alligny-en-Morvan, with the "sabotier" Pierre Marchand at Gouloux, with Gaelle Lajugee and the musicians "Les trois moustiquaires" at the Domaine de la Maison Ronde; nice encounters with very kind Burgundy men and women.
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8/10
A very interesting and nice excursion.
23 May 2024
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Bordelais: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.

There are some interesting aspects of this region: the most visited vineyard of France-4.300.000 visitors each year-, the new touristic activities, the Château Rayne-Vigneau, the horseback riding through the vineyard and the suspended table in a tree for the wine tasting, Antoine Beucher and the "Wine Cab" tour, the wine worshop- how to combine cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon and merlot for making his own bottle of wine-, Sylvaine Fournier and her guesthouse-the tall barrels-), the Marathon du Médoc (created in 1984, the stop at Château Phelan-Segur for tasting wine and the stop at the oysters and white wine stand), the "châteaux" (the abandoned castle of Boudinet -Nathalie Escudero and Jérôme Lepoirier-, the Chinese buyers-Hugo Tian and the Château Fauchey-, the real estate agent Karin Maxwell speaking about the foreigners buying "châteaux" in the Bordelais, the modern cellar of the Château La Dominique built by the architect Jean Nouvel), the wine trade ( the "courtiers en vin Hugo Lucas and François Leveque, the organic vineyard at Saint-Emilion, the wine taster Bernard Burtschy, the graphic designer Stéphanie Javel and the labels for the Bordeaux wines), the women in the wine making ( the cellar master Véronique Corporandy at Château Soutard, the cellar master Valérie Labrousse at the Château du Payre-the women managing the estate during the World War two-, now the increase of female sommeliers like Syrielle Palacios who propose wines to the clients of the restaurants) and the harvest of the grapes (the bagpipe music and the festival of the beginning of the harvest at Saint-Emilion- the brotherhood called la Jurade-, Gwendeline Lucas and the supervision of the harvest in the Château La Dominique, Olivier and Dominique Techer and the harvest in the Château Gombaude-Guillot).

I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme Pitorin with the balloonist Stéphane Defraine, with the wine maker and balloonist François Pont, with the tuk-tuk driver Mélodie Garcia, with the barrel roller Eric Berry, with the photographer Brice Braastad, with the boat captain Guillaume de Mecquenem, with the lighthouse keepers Sarah and Maryan, with Nicolas Audebert, with Charlotte Dominique, with the pastry chef Luc Dorin and the Brotherhood of the Canelé, with the sommelier Elodie at the Cité du Vin, with the manager of the wine store Laurent Dumesny, with the chef Adrien Ferran, with the caricaturist Mika, with the sommelier Julien, with Florence Cathiard and with the cellar master Yann Ludeho Leroy; nice encounters with very kind French men and women.
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Beautiful Excursions: Bretagne-Côte d'Émeraude (2014)
Season Unknown, Episode Unknown
8/10
A very interesting and nice excursion.
21 May 2024
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Côte d'Émeraude: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.

There are some interesting aspects of this region: the restoration of old boats ( Felixyann and the Association of the Bisquine Cancalaise and the replica of a traditional "bisquine" boat, the carpenter Jean-Pierre and the restoration of a dory-typical boat used by fishermen in the Newfoundland sea-, Pascal and the restoration of his "Marie-Georgette" boat), the gallo language (the Latin roots, about 200.000 speakers, Matlao Ghiton and Michel Codbreuil and the recording of the gallo words about the making of the buckwheat galette, Bèrtran Obree, the linguist -The Adventures of Tintin in gallo- and the singing in gallo in a cafe of Saint-Malo, the granite in Brittany ( Jérôme Petit and his children climbing a granite rock, the recumbent statue of Saint-Lunaire, Yves Castel and the "pierres sonnantes"-the legend of Gargantua-), the estuary of the Rance river ( the ZI 24- two important shipwecks, the marine archaelogist Anne Hoyau-Berry and the investigation about the sinking of these boats, the care for about 4000 objects and their restoration, the association Adramar and the education of children about the navy), the villas of Dinard , Marc Benoist and the Villa Reine Hortense-now luxury hotel-, the real estate agent Christophe Martin and the visit of the Villa Hirondelle, Amélie Colot and the villa Rochebrune donated to the town of Dinard) and the merchant navy officers (Julien working on the ferry to England, the École Nationale Supérieure Maritime-ENSM- and the Centre d'Entrainement à la Survie et Sauvetage en Mer-CESAME).

I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie with Robert Hardouin at the Pointe du Grouin-Cancale- , with the oyster farmer Stéphane Alleaume, with Jacques Terriere, Servane+ Robert Escoffier , Paulo Meury and Alain Etienne Marcel in Saint-Malo, with the Anglican reverend Gareth Randall at Dinard, with the painter Hubert Rublon, with the guesthouse manager Valérie, with the fisherman Richard Gaudu and with the chef Thierry Danglard at Erquy; nice encounters with very nice Breton men and women.
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Beautiful Excursions: Bretagne (2008)
Season Unknown, Episode Unknown
8/10
A nice excursion.
19 May 2024
I envoyed this excursion through the Bretagne: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.

There are some interesting aspects of the Bretagne: the fisherrmen of Paimpol ( the fishing boat "Frankiz" and its team, the fishing of the spider crabs, the fishermen going to Iceland sea- the 120 schooners which have disappeared in the sea and the death of 2000 mariners-, the sailing school of the Glénans and the training of young skippers) , the Pointe-du-Raz ( the photographer François Divenah, the mass tourism, the cleaning by the Conservatoire du littoral-too much hotels, restaurants and shops-), the Breton identity (the druid PerVar and the connection with the nature and the Breton culture, the Breton language in the schools, the journalist Jean-Luc and the promotion of the Breton language and the Breton folk music -the bombard and the biniou, the Breton bagpipe), and the island of Bréhat (the mailwoman Claude and the delivery of the mail, Patrick the oyster farmer, the young Clément and his friends enjoying the life in the open air-playing soccer on the beaches-).

I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie with the antique shop owner Jean-Yves Thiboumery, with Rémy Le Donge in the Parlement de Bretagne, with the pastry chef William Chauou, with Ludovic Kerzerho and Jean-Michel Bonvale at Carnac, with the bookstore owner Gilles Turlan in Vannes, with the oyster farmer Franck at Baden, with the "paludier" Laurent Boulo at Guérande and with Marie at La Turballe; nice encounters with very kind Breton men and women.
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Beautiful Excursions: La Loire à vélo (2022)
Season Unknown, Episode Unknown
8/10
A very interesting and nice excursion.
18 May 2024
I enjoyed very much this excursion along the Loire: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.

There are some interesting aspects of this region: the bike paths along the Loire river ( 900 kilometers of bike paths, the touristic guide Simon Jeannet and the discovery of Amboise, Eugénie and Vincent and their two daughters-the sabbatical year riding bicycles through France-, the nurse Sonia-17 kilometers, 50 minutes every day from Angers to her home in a little village), the tuffeau quarries ( the visit of the tuffeau carries used as cellars near Saumur, Pascal and Laurent and exploration of the abandoned quarries), the bicycle collectors Robin Renard and Alain Cuvier (the the velocipedes , the penny-farthings and the hirondelle bikes, the bike tour in old fashion dresses), the priest Paul (the mass,the blessing of the bicycles, the training for the Championnat cycliste de France du clergé with his friends Olivier and the father Robert), Philomène La Lay (the Loire from the source the Ocean-1.000 km, the ecological approach, the picking of edible plants such as nettles, the recollecting of plastic waste), the wild species in the Loire ( the fishermen Hervé and Franck using pedalo-kayak, the search for the catfish, the return of the beavers since 1976, François Souchard and his camera trap) and the food-bikes of Nantes ( Marie-Astride and the selling of waffles along the Erdre river, the knife gringer Méleusine, "The Nomad periskop"-Méleusine and Ludovic taking pictures and recording sounds of the Loire landscapes).

I enjoyed the encounters of Ismaèl with the bike guide Vincent Guillebault (Saumur, the Château de la Moth-Chandeniers), with the landscaper Arnauld Delacroix (the restoration of the castle and the boat tour), with Sylvie Perru (Les Pommes tapées) , with Aline, Jacques and Valentin Bru at Houssaye ( the antique car collection, the green house), with Anaëlle Marot and Thomas Poirier at Ingrandes, with Morgane Tanguy-La Ferme du Contrevent-, with the chef Séverine Figuls, with the confectioner Stéphane Le Guiriec, with Coline Billon at Nantes and the fishermen Jean-Michel Paulin and Thierry Avery at the fishery of Couëron; nice encounters with very kind French men and women.
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Beautiful Excursions: Savoie Mont-Blanc, terre de défis (2022)
Season Unknown, Episode Unknown
8/10
A very interesting and nice excursion.
16 May 2024
I enjoyed very much this excursion in Savoie: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.

There are some interesting aspects of this region: the slack line at the Rocher des Deux-Têtes ( Chloë Roux-Mollard and her discovery of the slack line ), the female mountain rescuers ( Marion Poitevin-the first female rescuer of the C:R. S. rescue team-, also she is mountain guide, Fanny Rezig another mountain rescuer: the tourists and the ski mountaineering), the wooden ski maker Peter Stelzner ( the old mill of the 16 th century, the fire and the mutual aid of the neighbours and friends), the former ski champion Cédric Amafro-Broisat (the accident, the prothesis, the collaboration with Clélia Compas-Association Yambi-, the skiing lessons for the "demandeurs d'asile",-the free transport and hiring of the ski equipment and the volunteers for the teaching), the newcomers in the Savoie ( Caroline "Caz" Clapham from New Zealand, the restaurant "Le Petit Hibou" at Peisey-Nancroix", the cheese store of Catherine Scalia, the French and British clients-the cheeses and the lamb meat-, the Swedish chef David Lilieroth at the Mumma Restaurant of Chamonix-the touch of Asian cooking-) , the yoga practice and the cold water bathing at the Cascade de la Fraiche ( Caroline Favre , the importance of the meditation and the breathing, the virtues of the cold water), the survival training at the Lac de Tignes (Alban Michon-the survival trainer, Loris and Thibault learning ice-diving and and other survival techniques), Enak Cavaggio alias Rancho (the professional skier and the character of Rancho in his videos, the Freeski Academy, the free-ride training of Axel and Oscar) and the "Massif des Bauges" ( Carole-chargée des missions forestières- and the relationship with the forester Vincent, the mayor and the lumberkjacks, Audrey-chargée de mission agriculture-the cattle breeder family and the sustainable farming, Richard-chargé de mission milieux naturels- and the paraglider Philippe: the monitoring of birds of prey and the creation of "zones de quiétude" where the birds are nesting).

I enjoyed very much the encounters of Ismaël with the mountain climber Liv Sansoz, with Fiona Malagutti and Nicolas Depoorter (the cystic fibrosis and the practice of the sports for a better breathing), with Thibault Liebenguth at the Plateau des Glières, with Carrie Wilmot at the frozen lake near Samoëns, with Célia and Lucie Benaud (the goats farm) and the wine maker Jean-Baptiste Humbert-Célia's husband- at Cruseilles; nice encounters with very kind Savoyard men and women.
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Beautiful Excursions: Week-end à Saint-Malo (2021)
Season Unknown, Episode Unknown
8/10
A interesting and nice excursion.
14 May 2024
I enjoyed very much this excursion in Saint-Malo: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.

There are some interesting aspects of this region: the strategic importance of Saint-Malo ( the historian Gilles Foucqueron, the town became Frernch in 1532, the forts built under Vauban, Alain-Etienne Marcel and the restoration of Le Petit Bé), the hudges tides in the Bay of Sint-Malo ( Emmanuel Duclos and the use of drones for filming the huges tides, Julien Bourbon, the pilot who guides the boats through the bay, Alexandra Durand and the story of the neighborhood of the Sillon, the visit of the Villa Louisane), the "hôtels particuliers" of Saint-Malo (the mansions of the shipowners, the hôtel d'Asfeld called now Magon-de Lalande and Olivier and Pierrick de la Rivière, the visit of the restored apartment of the 18th century), the fishermen of the Bay of Saint-Brieuc (Grégory and Tristan Jagot, the fishing of the great scallops, the chef Mathieu Aumont and the preparIng of the scallops), the low tide in the Bay of Mont Saint-Michel ( the tube reefs made by the honeycomb worms explained by Yannick Daniel, the mussels farm managed by Antoine Neau,the traditional fishing using wooden traps explained by Annabelle Neau) and the buckwheat in Brittany (the miller Arnaud Menard and the "Moulin de la Fatigue", the making of buckwheat flour, Rodolphe Brebel and the making of the "galettes de sarrasin" and crepes de sarrasin, the distiller Lenaïck Lemaitre and the distilling of whisky from buckwheat and the aging in wooden barrels).

I enjoyed the encounters of Jérôme with the pilot Frédéric Dupont, with the cartoonist Pascal Bresson, with the baker Hugo Besnier, with the choir head Bénédicte, with the priest Etienne, with Solène Lavenan, with Inga Smyczynski, with the oyster farmer Olivier Bernier, with the skipper and chef Jérôme Foyer and with the owner of the Malouinière Eric Lopez; nice encounters with very kind French men and women.
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Murder in the Somme (2015 TV Movie)
7/10
An interesting criminal investigation.
12 May 2024
The police major Paul has joined the investigation team managed by the police commander Marion Vidal and by the deputy district attorney Aurore Debac. The corpse of a homeless man is been found in a dune of the baie de Somme, no so far from the hunting lodge of Jean-Hughes de Wan,-an important industrialist-. Paul and the adjutant Jeremy meet Félicien Warlau-a former worker in the cannery of De Wan-who saw this morning a white car driving through the dune. After that Paul and Jeremy meet in the hunting lodge Jean-Hughes de Wan , the lawyer Claude Longuet and others guests (they have to show to the police their hunting rifle). At the same time the medical examiner discovers that the homeless man has eating foie gras and drunken champagne. Jean-Hughes de Wan becomes then the most import character in this investigation. Aurore Debac remembers the tragic death of her sister Anne-Lyne Debac and wants to know the truth about the death of her sister. And suddenly the investigation goes towards the jeweler Philippe Bernier , but Paul is not very convinced about it.

I enjoyed the performances of Jérôme Robart, Sonia Rolland, François Feroleto, Charlotte,Steve Driesen, Lionnel Astier, Elizabeth Bourgine,Gérard Laroche and Frédéric van den Driessche.
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Mother. Daughter. Killer. (2017 TV Movie)
7/10
Kidnappings with dramatic ends.
12 May 2024
When Sandra Pantakidis listened that the young Julia Montero has been kidnapped she remembers then the case of Elodie Leclère and she is ready to help to her daughter Ariane Pantakidis who is in charge of the criminal investigation: the relationship between Sandra and Ariane is quite tense at the beginning and the case is very complicated: a first suspect, Fred -the ex-husband of Ariane- is involved because a white car in a video). At the same time Sandra remembers the case of Solène Marchando,the daughter of the former mayor. The corpse of Julia Montero is found near a beach-death by strangulation-. It seems the kidnapper and murderer is manipulating the police team and Philippe Leclère,Elodie's father.

I enjoyed the performances of Alexandra Vandernoot, Isabelle Vitari, Antoine Duléry, Alexis Loret, David Kammenos Avy Marciano, Gérard Dubouche, Nicolas Dromard, Bonnafet Tarbouriech and Nicolas Sartous.
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Beautiful Excursions: Jura (2010)
Season Unknown, Episode Unknown
8/10
A very pleasant eexcursion.
11 May 2024
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the French Jura: beautiful lanscapes and nice encounters.

There are some interesting aspects of the region: the making of the absinthe (Pontarlier-the world capital of the absinthe-, the prohibition in 1915, the clandestine distillers in Switzerland-Francis Martin Martin speaking of the clandestine distilling-, since 2001 the producers are allowed to make absinthe en France and since 2005 in Switzerland), the République du Saugeais (11 communes of the Doubs department, the joke between a French prefect and a restaurant owner in 1947, Georgette Pourchet-Bertin, the president of the Republic and Jean-Marie Nicod the Prime Minister and farmer, the own Republic anthem, the postage stamps and a great sense of humour of the inhabitants), the Pôle France (the training center for winter sports athletes, the biathlon athletes Leslie Mercier ,Ludwig Ehrhart and the coach Patrice Bailly-Salins), the sound engineer Boris Jollivet and the saxophonist Olivier Rambaud (the sound records, the sounds and the music played in an acoustitic place ) and the forests of the Jura (the lumberjack Bernard Michaud and the European spruce, the spruce wood prepared for the luthiers).

I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie with the gendarmerie adjutant Nicolas Vergeot in Mouthe, with Christelle Carmillet and Fabienne Poux-Daude in Pontarlier, with Bénédicte and Thomas Paulin in the Obertino bells foundry, with Jean-Charles Arnaud at the Fort des Rousses, with Stéphane Niveau at the Centre Polaire Paul Emile Victor, with the musher and llama breeder Gilles Balandras, with Martine Chazotte at the guesthouse of La Pesse and with Michel Borneat at the Lac Génin; nice encounters with very kind Jura men and women.
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Beautiful Excursions: Ubaye, vallée secrète (2024)
Season Unknown, Episode Unknown
8/10
A very nice excursion.
10 May 2024
I enjoyed very much this excursion in the Ubaye Valley: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.

There are some interesting aspects of this region: the life in the villages (the market, "Momo" and the local products,the moment of the petanque, the Chevalier family an the hamlet of Lens-Marielle Chevalier and the cooking workshop, the cooking of hand made pastas and local vegetables-, the paddle board on the Lac de Serre-Ponçon), Frédéric Chaix and the ULM pendulaire flight over the mountains (the mountain restaurant Le Peguieou-2365 meters above sea lever, the cook Claudine and the cooking of food at this altitude-), the creator of climbing routes Laurent Perez (the abseiling and the marking of a new climbing route),the village of Saint-Paul-sur Ubaye (the market, Laurent and Laurence Signoret and the traditional bakery, the baking of bread 4 times a week, Grégoire et Laurène and the brewery-120.000 bottles of mountain beer each year, the young couples and the restoring of local buildings), the hydroelectric dam of Serre-Ponçon (Pascale Sautel explaining the story and the working of the dam), the avalanche danger at the Col de l'Arche (Hugo Collomb and the reforestation program) , the ballades aqua-ludiques in the Ubaye river with Chantal Bonaglia, the Col de la Bonnette ( Guy Moron-a great connaisseur of this ascent-, the cyclists arriving at 2802 meters above sea level, the road crossing the National Park of the Mercantour, the ornithologist Heré Brosius and the monitoring of the bearded vulture, the astronomer Yohan Archambaud with his Newton telescope) and the Mexican influence in Barcelonette (the festival with mariachis, Mexican folk dance groupes, the Ubaye merchants migrant in Mexico, the Musée de la Vallée, the Art Nouveau buildings, the famos Villa Puebla).

I enjoyed the encounters of Ismaèl with the mountain guide Christophe Garrigues, with the alpinist and paraglider Sébastien Rémillieux, with the brothers Benoît and Jérôme Million Rousseau, with the sherpherdess Marie -Pierre Claude, her husband Joël Claudel and Lydie Bernard the shepherdess apprentice and with the wildlife photographer Gil Streicher, nice encounters with very nice Ubaye men and women.
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7/10
An interesting criminal case.
9 May 2024
A woman called Célia has been found drowned in the swimming pool of a luxury hotel in Saint-Paul-de-Vence and the police captain Marie Jourdan of Lyon appears in the place;: immediately Marie Jourdan says that this was not a accident, but a muder,the fiscal accepts to incorporat Marie to the investigation team formed by Paul Dnceny and Luc Langevin. Then appears a first suspect, Jordan Guichard who was working as waiter during the art exhibirtion organized by the owner of the hotel Daniel Cron and Jeanne de Courcy. Marie Jourdan interrogates Daniel Caron, De Courcy and the accountnt Laurence Meurisse. Paul Danceny offers to Marie Jourdan to stay in his guesthouse and NMarie finds the notebook of Célia-who wrote that she was in love with a married man-. Later Marie finds a new clue, Thomas Chauvez, the photographer who made some pictures of Célia.

I enjoyed the performances of Mimie Mthy, Mathieu Delarive, Philippe Caroit, Chrles Clément, Selma Kouchy, Cécile Pallas, Louna Espinosa and Michel Biel.
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Meurtres à...: Meurtres au Mont Ventoux (2015)
Season 2, Episode 5
7/10
A dramatic story.
9 May 2024
Alexia Méjean returns to her her home village for the burial of her uncle. Her neighbour Sylvain Jaume pays a visit and is ready to help her in hr stay in village. She meets also her mother Annie Méjean. Suddenly there is a second murder, Yves Tessier. Alexia meets then a childhood friend the gendarmerie captain Marc Messac. Another Truffles handler Paul Hugon has to share an informtion about the death of Maria, Alexia friend and Paul is also killed. Then Alexia discovers that his uncle, Yves Tessier and Paul Hungon, who were soldiers in the FRench-Algerian war were hidding a secret.

I enjoyed very the performances of Ingrid Chauvin, Thomas Jouannet, Yannick Soulier, Isabelle Spade, Aladin Reibel, Jean-Pierre Becker, Alain Cauchi, Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat and Christine Cardeur.
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Le secret de la grotte (2023 TV Movie)
7/10
An interesting criminal case.
9 May 2024
The gendarmerie captain Manon Ferret-Duval and the gendarmerie captain Riad Lekcir have to work together in the case of the murder of Paul Cousin: Manon's parents have been killed some year ago and the brother of Riad has been accused for this murder and committed suicide. First suspect: Philippe Mercier who acknowledges that he had troubles with Paul Cousin and burned the boats of Paul Cousin. Then appears the character of Xavier Berg, one of the discoverers of the grotto with Paul Cousin and Serge Locatelli. The team meet also the guide Elise Perrot. Some hours later Xavier Berg is killed near the grotto. Little by little Manon and Riad notice that that the murders of Paul Cousin and Xavier Berg are connected with the the murders of Manon's parents.

I enjoyed the performances of Élodie Varlet, Samy Gharbi, Anne Girouard, Nicolas de Broglie, Franck Adrien, Serge Riaboukine, Catherine Davernier, Guillaume Bouchède, Eric Savin, Crole Richert, Baya Belal Slimane Benaïissa and Evelyne Cervera.
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Meurtres à...: Meurtres à Rocamadour (2014)
Season 1, Episode 4
7/10
An interest criminal case.
7 May 2024
The corpse of Julien Crozier has been found on te stairs of the penitent's way in Rocamadour: but some Lulien is again alive. The major Sophie Lacaze, who soon will retire is in charge of the case with her substitute Alexandre Delcroix. The young Chloé has been kidnapped and some hours a car has been found the Dordogne river with a corpse inside- François Thoral. A little the team discovers that Julien was drugged with tetrodotoxine-a drug simulating the death- but Julian dies eating bread and cheese-a medieval punishment. The team sees a note about the punishment of the false miracle makers. A medium appears and the team discovers in a mountain the corpse of a girl, but it is not not corpse of Chloé, the medium acknowledges that somebody paid him the discovery and the team discovers that the corpse belongs to Juliette Fournier, a missing personWhat is then the connection beween Julie Fournier and the recent murders ?

I enjoyed very much the performances of Clémentine Célarié, Gregori Derangère, Steve Kalfa, Gaëlle Bona, Catherine Davernier, Thierry Desroses, Claire de Beaumont, Antoine Michel, François Muller and Olivier Jaenenelle.
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Mort sur la piste (2023 TV Movie)
6/10
A mixture of fantasy and seriousness.
7 May 2024
The car pilot Matthieu Nerval has been found dead on the track of the Le Mans circuit: the police captain Sabrina is in charge of the murder investigation and she must work with a policeman sent from Los Angeles and then begings the touch of fantasy; Sabrina diiscovers that that Ryan is a former car pilot, that he had an terrible accident at Mans nd that he is looking for his daughter in this town. On the the other side Sabrina has som troubles with her adolescent daughter Lola. Besides Ryan likes very much the adrenaline-using the abandoned car of Mathieu Nerval por follow a strange biker-.

Back to the criminal investigation: Tristan Poncelet and other pilots tell them that Matthieu Nerval was the protege of Antoine Palestro and was often bad tempered. Suddenly Sabrina and Ryan went to a forest and iscovers the abandoned car of Matthiu Nerval: a biker arrives near the place and goes away, they try to follow him,but the man escapes. Later the manages to arrest the mysterious biker-the mechanic Jérémy Tellier who had an intimate relationship with Matthieu,but didn't kill him.they meet Dino Lavezzi had aquarrel with Antoine Palestro : Dino resigned to work with Antoine. THey speak with Camille and Thomas Palestro, and also with Léa Lavoine-the former fiancee of Thomas. A little later Dino Lavezi appears dead in his workshop and Sabrina and Ryan have a new clue, a youmng couple on a motorbicycle was deadly hit by car.

I enjoyed the performances of Eléonore Bernheim, Json Priestly , Roby Schinasi, Adèle Galloy, Jacques Jouanich, Guillaume Faure, Mathieu Delarive, Olivia Courbis, Rudy Basset, Louvia Bachelier, Paul Angeli, Yann Pradal and Sébastien Lazennec.
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De miel et de sang (2022 TV Movie)
7/10
An interesting criminal case.
7 May 2024
The gendarmerie captain Fred Carrel and the gendarmerie lieutenant Sarah Becker are in charge of the investigation of the death of Antoine Bernier who ws allergic to bee stings. Géraldine Portal and Max Laurin are very angry about tjhe theft of beehives in the region. At the same time Sarah notices that Fred has seen the report of the tragic bus accident (Antoine and Fred were the only survivor aand Sarah's brother died in this accident) and that Fred is severely traumatized). Fred and Sarah try to analyse the relationship between Antoine and Anaïs Portal. In the other side Christie Bernier has an important data; Antoine hasd a quarrel with Bastien, the boyfriend of Louise Portal.

I enjoyed the performances of Nicolas Gob, Léa François, Éva Darlan, Salma Kouchy, Kim Higelin, Sarah Saïdi , Baptiste Perais and Fabian Baïardi.
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Meurtres à...: La Malédiction du Lys (2023)
Season 10, Episode 4
6/10
The secrets of the rich families of Bordeaux.
5 May 2024
The corpse of the entrepreneur and politician Hervé Landry has been found in his house by his guests- Daphné Moulinas, Baptiste Moulinas, Ambre and Romuald Claverie and Stéphane Martinez-. The victim has been drugged with Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate-GHB- ,was wearing a muzzle and then branded with a hot iron-the fleur de lys symbol symbol used for punishing slaves-. The police captain Clémence Lacoste and Antoine Rosy, an officer of the "Renseignements généraux" are in charge of the case and soon they meet the activist Anta Gomis who speaks about a report about the Bordeaux families involved in the slave trade in the Colonial time of France. Then Baptiste Moulinas is found dead withe same modus operandi, drugged, with a muzzle and branded with hot iron-the same fleur de lys-. Then there is a burglary in the apartment of Anta Gomis and the famous report is stolen by a burglar-a man who has worked for the drug dealer Goran.

An pleasant criminal story with a touch of suspense and the good performances of Erika Sainte, David Baïot, Jeanne Bournaud, Annabelle Lengronne, Frédéric Andrau, Vincent Lecoeur, Julie Papìn an Ismaël Sy Savané.
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