Maigret chez les riches
- Episode aired May 26, 2000
- 1h 32m
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7.3/10
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Maigret investigates a threatening letter at the Parendon mansion.Maigret investigates a threatening letter at the Parendon mansion.Maigret investigates a threatening letter at the Parendon mansion.
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Caroline Silhol
- Madame Parendon
- (as Caroline Sihol)
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- TriviaThis episode dedicated to series/episode writer Dominique Roulet, who died 12/04/1999.
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Maigret Chex Les Riches - and cures insomnia?
Saw this on the Talking Pictures channel (UK, old films and TV). They had previously shown the 1960s series (50+ episodes, BBC, B&W) featuring Rupert Davies, a generally acclaimed Maigret.
We've also seen the excellent 12 episodes (2 series) that ITV did (90s) with Michael Gambon as Maigret (terrific portrayal) and the less successful later efforts with Rowan Atkinson in the lead.
This Cremer version is of course French, with subtitles, but they are not too wordy, so fairly easy to follow. Also very French, lots of atmosphere, meaningful looks, thoughtful silences.
I see some reviews refer to how faithful this version is to the books, a ludicrous statement in one respect, as Lucas, his main assistant in all the books I've seen, has almost completely disappeared! At this stage in these Cremer versions, his nephew has appeared, it seems a composite of his team in the books?
I haven't liked all the episodes so far of this Cremer version, but the last 2 or 3 have been excellent, sadly this one was a real 'clunker'. It could have been another homage to Agatha Christie, and a 'country house' mystery (though set in a Paris mansion of a very wealthy lawyer).
As the other reviews have described, it's a murder that started with a letter warning of one, plenty of suspects, mum, dad, 2 privileged kids, a couple of other lawyers, a very attractive secretary, and a bunch of servants. In one telling and typical moment, Maigret declares himself more at home 'below stairs'!
As usual, the acting is very good, but I couldn't warm to this one, I nodded off several times well before the end.
The drawback I thought was with the pacing, and although it is the style of this series to be slow and thoughtful, this one overdid things a bit in that regard? At one point somewhere in the middle -- the victim had yet to be bumped off -- I thought I didn't really care who it would be, or 'whodunnit'.
We've also seen the excellent 12 episodes (2 series) that ITV did (90s) with Michael Gambon as Maigret (terrific portrayal) and the less successful later efforts with Rowan Atkinson in the lead.
This Cremer version is of course French, with subtitles, but they are not too wordy, so fairly easy to follow. Also very French, lots of atmosphere, meaningful looks, thoughtful silences.
I see some reviews refer to how faithful this version is to the books, a ludicrous statement in one respect, as Lucas, his main assistant in all the books I've seen, has almost completely disappeared! At this stage in these Cremer versions, his nephew has appeared, it seems a composite of his team in the books?
I haven't liked all the episodes so far of this Cremer version, but the last 2 or 3 have been excellent, sadly this one was a real 'clunker'. It could have been another homage to Agatha Christie, and a 'country house' mystery (though set in a Paris mansion of a very wealthy lawyer).
As the other reviews have described, it's a murder that started with a letter warning of one, plenty of suspects, mum, dad, 2 privileged kids, a couple of other lawyers, a very attractive secretary, and a bunch of servants. In one telling and typical moment, Maigret declares himself more at home 'below stairs'!
As usual, the acting is very good, but I couldn't warm to this one, I nodded off several times well before the end.
The drawback I thought was with the pacing, and although it is the style of this series to be slow and thoughtful, this one overdid things a bit in that regard? At one point somewhere in the middle -- the victim had yet to be bumped off -- I thought I didn't really care who it would be, or 'whodunnit'.
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- Tony-Holmes
- Jan 31, 2024
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