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The Art of Crime

2017 · 9 seasons

A light, brainy crime procedural where art history and police work collide, with a touch of whimsical imagination.

Created by
Pierre-Yves Mora, Angèle Herry-Leclerc
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Nicolas Gob, Éléonore Bernheim, Philippe Duclos
Overview
Fired for insubordination, PJ Antoine Verlay, good cop but a blood strand and having difficulty working as a team, is attached to the OCBC (Central Office for the fight against Traffic in Cultural Goods) thanks to the intervention of the commander Pardo, his friend who becomes, therefore, his new superior. A clever investigator, but a stranger to everything related to culture, Antoine will have to work with Florence Chassagne, renowned art historian, who lives, speaks and breathes culture, to the point that - fruit of her great imagination - it happens to her in the midst of daydreams, to see and talk to the great artists who have disappeared as if they were familiar to her.

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Created by
Pierre-Yves Mora, Angèle Herry-Leclerc
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Nicolas Gob, Éléonore Bernheim, Philippe Duclos
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • crime
  • mystery
  • identity
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Created by
Pierre-Yves Mora, Angèle Herry-Leclerc
Written by
Eric Woreth
Starring
Nicolas Gob, Éléonore Bernheim, Philippe Duclos, Benjamin Egner, Emmanuel Noblet, Farida Rahouadj, Barbara Schulz, Florence Pernel
Music
Frans Bak
Length
9 seasons, 26 episodes, 50 min each
Network
France 2
Country
France
Languages
French

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