Guilty as Charged

A grounded, low-key procedural that finds quiet drama and dark comedy in the everyday chaos of a suburban police station.

Created by

Marie Guilmineau

Genres

Crime, Drama

Starring

Marie Bunel, Jean-Baptiste Puech, Juliette Navis

Overview

A detective series centered around a police station in a working-class suburb of a provincial French city (the St. Herblain area of Nantes, to be exact), where detached houses with kitchen gardens rub shoulders with tower blocks. There's no mafia or organized crime, just petty lawbreaking, but it keeps our cops busy. Fights that get out of hand, conjugal disputes, quarrels between neighbors, family tiffs, pick-pocketing, pilfering from building sites, minor trafficking and illegal laborers. And plenty of bodily harm, from the trivial to the extremely grievous and, at times, even fatal. Against this backdrop of everyday lawlessness, the series paints a picture of people's lives when they slip out of control, veering into the comic, the tragic or the absurd.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, satirical and warm. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Crime, family, class, violence

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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