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Blood On The Docks

2011 · 5 seasons

A gritty, slow-burning French crime drama that drags you into a port city's social decay and the grim, tangled work of catching those who profit from it.

Created by
Graham Hurley
Genres
Crime
Starring
Jean-Marc Barr, Bruno Solo, Mata Gabin
Overview
Le Havre, France. The city’s at war as local mobsters and petty gangsters fight over territory, while the police do their best to put an end to the drug trafficking that holds sway over town. Set on a backdrop of social misery, the cases followed by dutiful Inspector Faraday and Paul Winckler, his former partner with completely opposite methods, combine gripping realism and riveting investigations.

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Created by
Graham Hurley
Genres
Crime
Starring
Jean-Marc Barr, Bruno Solo, Mata Gabin
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    None
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • procedural
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence strong
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action5
    Horror3
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension7
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    crime
    Created by
    Graham Hurley
    Written by
    Olivier Prieur, Bernard Marié, Elsa Marpeau
    Starring
    Jean-Marc Barr, Bruno Solo, Mata Gabin, Lisa Manili, Guillaume Viry, Daniel Carraz, Stéphane Jobert, Emmanuel Salinger
    Length
    5 seasons, 22 episodes, 90 min each
    Network
    France 2
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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