The Break

The Break

2016
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7.6 | TV-MA | en | Drama

The story is set in a small village in the Ardennes, where a young African footballer is found dead. If all clues lead first to suicide, a police officer just arrived from Brussels does not take long to discover that this is a murder.

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7.6 | TV-MA | en | Drama , Crime | More Info
Released: 2016-02-21 | Released Producted By: RTBF , Hélicotronc Country: Belgium Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.netflix.com/title/80142550
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The story is set in a small village in the Ardennes, where a young African footballer is found dead. If all clues lead first to suicide, a police officer just arrived from Brussels does not take long to discover that this is a murder.

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Cast

Jasmina Douieb , Aurélien Caeyman , Lara Hubinont

Director

Benjamin d'Aoust

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RTBF , Hélicotronc

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Reviews

joannpl I like crime/ drama/ thrillers very much. And I do love Europpean take on that area of tv, however, I didn't expect what I have experienced while watching that one. It was deeply disturbing, with some graphic scenes and pretty much depicting human filth in all possible forms. It was very depressing in that extent. And although I watched it awaiting the solution for the whole time - right until the very end, I wouldn't return to re-watch it because I felt exhausted, as if I was in that small town, at the time of those events. For those wo will think "So it's not worth watching" I say - that only proves how good the story is written and executed. Yoann Blanc's acting is a-ma-zing, he presented the rapid mental deterioration in a very beliavable way. His growing suspiciousness is shared by the viewers, although you do realize that he overdoses time and time again and that pills push him over the edge. But you still keep on watching to see whether he was right, what will happen with him... I highly recommend, however - bear in mind that it's not a relaxing tv show for Sunday binge-watching.
Lynne A Phillips My wife and I really liked the series for a while, but it went down hill in the second half of the season. The lead detective's behavior became so unstable and unprofessional that it wouldn't have been tolerated. Plus, the ending was rushed and not very believable. We would have given it an 8.0, but dropped it to a 7.0 as the season drew to an end.
Bene Cumb Being a fan of Nordic and UK crime dramas, I try, from time to time, to widen my horizons and watch works with similar approach coming from other countries. A couple of times I have also come across Belgian related series and liked them rather lot.True, they have all been Flemish ones. La trêve is the first one made in Wallonia, thus the basic language in French and the venues are so different from cities like Antwerp or Ghent... As I realised soon that the makers have liked Nordic Noir, I began to share the common feelings very soon, regardless of unknown performers and unvisited areas. The characters seemed realistic, I did not figure out the wrongdoer, the twists were there and not over-sophisticated; it is evident that a small community has its own secrets as well. Well, the pace was not even as the last episodes started to sum up the events perhaps too hastily, after rather slow progression before, and the parallel psychiatrist interview revealed some moments too soon. Nevertheless, La trêve is a thrilling series, unless you like constant chases and cops having cute appearance and fancy cars...
Good-Will So I've read the reviews comparing it to Twin Peaks and any other show that popped into the reviewer's mind. No, no and thrice no. The detective (Peeters) is inept and doesn't have the basic training which would have ruled out a lot of the red herrings which are metaphorically forced down our throat in this overextended series. As usual in these things then the writers take advantage of current technology when it fits the plot but the poor old detective has to ignore everything other than CCTV when it comes to ascertaining the killer's identity. The final reveal is as stupid as it is unexpected (and also totally unbelievable). So if you're impressed by multi-layered story lines (as I am) then this is interesting, but the fact is that those story lines have to fit together somehow as they did in The Missing, Nobel and other series which are much more worthwhile watching than this. The sudden appearance of character X in place Y is rarely explained, as is the sheer incompetence of the lead detective. This is excusable if the plot takes place in a complete and utter vacuum, but not when it's in the modern day and a reference to Game of Thrones is thrown in. If Peeters had watched half the number of detective shows that I have then he'd have been able to discover the killer's identity within a few hours using GPS data. So 6/10 from me since it was well acted and kept me hooked, but overall it was disappointing.