France

*Criminal: France*
Criminal: France
	Release poster
Genre	Police procedural anthology series
Created by	George Kay; Jim Field Smith;
Written by	Frederic Mermoud; Mathieu Missoffe; George Kay; Antonin Martin-Hilbert;
Directed by	Frédéric Mermoud
Starring	Margot Bancilhon [fr]; Laurent Lucas; Stéphane Jobert [fr];
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	3 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	37–42 minutes
Production company	Idiotlamp Productions
Original release
Release	20 September 2019
Related
	Criminal: Germany; Criminal: Spain; Criminal: UK;

Criminal: France is a 2019 French-language police procedural anthology series created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith and starring Nathalie Baye, Jérémie Renier and Sara Giraudeau. Criminal: France is part of Netflix's Criminal, an anthology series consisting of twelve episodes, with three episodes set in each of four countries, filmed in local languages – France, Spain, Germany and the UK.^[1]^[2]

It was released on 20 September 2019 on Netflix.

Premise

Set within the confines of a police interrogation room, French investigators engage in intense games of psychological cat-and-mouse with their accused suspects to find the answers they need in order to solve their cases.

Cast

Accused

Sara Giraudeau - Émilie Weber
Nathalie Baye - Caroline Solal
Jérémie Renier - Jérôme Lacombe

Police

Margot Bancilhon [fr] - Commander Audrey Larsen
Stéphane Jobert [fr] - Commander Gérard Sarkissian
Laurent Lucas - Captain Olivier Hagen
Mhamed Arezki - Brigadier Omar Matif
Anne Azoulay [fr] - Brigadier Laetitia Serra

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Émilie"	Frédéric Mermoud	Frédéric Mermoud & Mathieu Missoffe and George Kay	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
Bataclan massacre survivor Émilie is brought in to discuss her recollections of the attack that tragically took the life of her boyfriend, but investigators suspect that her story does not ring true.
2	"Caroline"	Frédéric Mermoud	Antonin Martin-Hilbert	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
After an accident occurs at a building site, investigators interrogate construction executive Caroline, who seems to have more of a history with the victim than known.
3	"Jérôme"	Frédéric Mermoud	Mathieu Missoffe	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
Before the break of dawn, investigators are brought in to interrogate sales manager Jérôme, who is suspected of committing a violent hate crime.

Production

All the episodes were filmed at Netflix's production hub at Ciudad de la Tele in Madrid.^[1]

Release

Criminal: France was released on 20 September 2019 on Netflix.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "'Criminal': Netflix Sets Premiere Date For Nicholas Pinnock & Hayley Atwell Police Interrogation Drama". Deadline. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
^ "When is Criminal released on Netflix? Who's in the cast and what's it about?". Radio Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

External links

Criminal: France on Netflix
Criminal: France at IMDb

[deadline-1] "'Criminal': Netflix Sets Premiere Date For Nicholas Pinnock & Hayley Atwell Police Interrogation Drama". Deadline. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

[radiotimes-2] "When is Criminal released on Netflix? Who's in the cast and what's it about?". Radio Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

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