Maigret et la croqueuse de diamants
- Episode aired Feb 16, 2001
- 1h 29m
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7.6/10
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A wealthy Englishman emotionlessly identifies a picture of his dead wife.A wealthy Englishman emotionlessly identifies a picture of his dead wife.A wealthy Englishman emotionlessly identifies a picture of his dead wife.
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- GoofsIn many scenes both in the bar and on Sir Lampson's boat, Bombay Sapphire Gin can be seen in it's distinctive light blue bottle. This drink was launched in 1984 - decades after the story is set.
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All locked up?
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!
I haven't liked all the episodes so far of this Cremer version, and THIS one is I'm afraid one of those, despite the help of acclaimed actor Michael Lonsdale, playing a dissolute Englishman. Incidents at canals or locks seem a recurring theme for Simenon, and this one sadly featured characters that had little appeal, I couldn't really care who'd bumped off the spoilt wife, or the later sponger on the fancy boat.
The other present reviews (Bob and Whalen) have outlined the story, and Maigret eventually unearths an incident from the past, which, allied to quite a coincidence meeting, leads to one death, and later another.
I was nodding off well before the end though -- and I'm not wildly impressed with these episodes having recently it seems compressed several of Maigret's inspectors into his nephew, who apparently gets seconded as needed at short notice?
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!
I haven't liked all the episodes so far of this Cremer version, and THIS one is I'm afraid one of those, despite the help of acclaimed actor Michael Lonsdale, playing a dissolute Englishman. Incidents at canals or locks seem a recurring theme for Simenon, and this one sadly featured characters that had little appeal, I couldn't really care who'd bumped off the spoilt wife, or the later sponger on the fancy boat.
The other present reviews (Bob and Whalen) have outlined the story, and Maigret eventually unearths an incident from the past, which, allied to quite a coincidence meeting, leads to one death, and later another.
I was nodding off well before the end though -- and I'm not wildly impressed with these episodes having recently it seems compressed several of Maigret's inspectors into his nephew, who apparently gets seconded as needed at short notice?
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- Tony-Holmes
- Feb 15, 2024
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