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Meurtres en Corrèze (2019)

90 min

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Directors

Adeline Darraux

Cast

Arié Elmaleh, Carole Bianic, Olivier Benard, Jennifer Maria

During Tulle’s annual Saint John procession, a local artist’s murder reunites a captain with her former great love for a difficult investigation.

The story

In Tulle, people carrying a statue of Saint John process through the city in an annual tradition. That evening, local contemporary artist Manuel Marquis is found murdered away from the procession. Captain Lena Ribéro, a local, leads the investigation and must work alongside Axel Zeller, a commander from Bordeaux’s SRPJ and her former great love, whom she has not seen for thirteen years. Their reunion makes cooperation difficult, while the case itself grows more troubling: the number 9 has been engraved on the victim’s forehead, suggesting that this may be the first murder in a series.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

In the city of Tulle, as every year, procession-goers and penitents carry the statue of Saint John, who is said to have overcome the great plague in the [century not specified]. But that evening, away from the procession, Manuel Marquis is found murdered. A local artist, he had made a name for himself in contemporary art. Captain Lena Ribéro, a local girl, is put in charge of the investigation. However, she is forced to work with Axel Zeller, a commander with the Bordeaux SRPJ and her former great love, whom she had not seen for thirteen years. Needless to say, the two have difficulty working together on an investigation that is no less difficult. Indeed, the number 9 engraved on the victim’s forehead suggests that his murder is only the beginning of a macabre series…

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