Witnesses

2015

Witnesses

7.2 | en | Crime

Witnesses (French: Les Témoins) is a French police procedural television series, created by Marc Herpoux and Hervé Hadmar. In the first season, police detectives Sandra Winckler and Justin investigate when bodies of murder victims are unearthed and left for discovery in the show homes of a housing developer. Former chief-of-police, Paul Maisonneuve, is implicated. In the second season, Sandra and Justin find themselves on the trail of a serial killer whose modus operandi is to murder all former lovers of his kidnap victims.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP8 Episode 8

Apr. 05,2017

In the season finale, all questions are answered. Can Sandra prevent the wedding? Will Catherine find her missing baby? And who is the Minotaur?

EP7 Episode 7

Apr. 05,2017

Sandra is captured by the killer, who wants to 'marry’ her. The ceremony consists of killing her previous partners and lovers.

EP6 Episode 6

Mar. 29,2017

Sandra investigates the orphanage where the killer lived as a child. She has a list of names and decides to track all children down.

EP5 Episode 5

Mar. 29,2017

Antoine is kidnapped, probably by the unknown killer. Sandra and Catherine devise a plan to get Martin Souriau to lead them to the killer.

EP4 Episode 4

Mar. 22,2017

For safety reasons, Sandra may be taken off the case. She refuses to step down. Catherine thinks she found the killer, but Sandra is not so sure.

EP3 Episode 3

Mar. 22,2017

At a wind turbine, the body of a young woman who just gave birth is found. Sandra believes another bus will be found in the surrounding area.

EP2 Episode 2

Mar. 15,2017

Where did the bus come from? A man frozen to death and a missing woman who just had a baby. The case reminds Officer Winckler of a case ten years ago.

EP1 Episode 1

Mar. 15,2017

15 passengers are found frozen to death in a bus. They wear festive clothes, but did not know each other. Sandra Winckler starts an investigation.

7.2 | en | Crime , Mystery | More Info

Released: 2015-03-18 | Released Producted By: Cinétévé , Pictanovo Country: France Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://lestemoins-laserie.com/

Synopsis

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Cast

Marie Dompnier , Jan Hammenecker , Judith Henry

Director

Hervé Leblanc

Producted By

Cinétévé , Pictanovo

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Trailers

Cast

Marie Dompnier

as Sandra Winckler

Black Box La Dernière Vague Torn Witnesses

Jan Hammenecker

as Justin

A Change of Heart The fly Glad IJs The Shift Glad IJs Glad Ijs Cool Abdoul All of Us Souvenir

Judith Henry

as Maxine

Journey to Greenland Fever Witnesses Xanadu 1914 the Glorious Summer Germinal

Reviews

paul-quinn27 This cop show looks good and has it's moments, but the otherwise appealing main character's bewildering and completely ludicrous actions scupper what could have been a very good series.*** SPOILERS ***Here are a few of the logic defying things that Sandra does in Season 2: - - Has sex with a stranger in his Range Rover in very well lit car park on two occasions - Colludes with a very unstable victim in abducting and torturing a suspect - Hands said victim her service weapon to guard said suspect whilst she explores some tunnels in the darkness - Is openly rude and defiant to her commanding officer - Takes a mentally challenged patient out of hospital and leaves her in the car whilst pursuing leadsAny of the above would be enough to get her kicked off the force and possibly indicted.As for the 'unstable victim' - she has that rare and unique kind of amnesia that allows the sufferer to remember everyday things like driving and putting on make-up, yet renders her unable to remember her kids or any information that might shave several episodes off this tripe.Dreadful

smlpig The first season was good, but halfway through the second season I was screaming expletives at the female lead detective Sandra and her cohort Catherine. They takes matters into their own hands in such a stupid, careless, pigheaded fashion, I couldn't stand it. I do not suffer fools gladly.

paul2001sw-1 French crime drama 'Witnesses' appears to take many of its cues from the superb Danish series 'The Killing': an intense, career focused, thoughtful but lonely female protagonist, with a tendency to go into dark places alone, coupled with a landscape that is always painted grey (in this case, the seaside town of Le Treport, which probably won't attract too many additional holiday makers as a result of its portrayal). Unfortuantly, there are also some problems, most notably, a complex plot that doesn't make a lot of sense. For example, it's clear that the crime under investigation involves someone seeking revenge on a retired detective, so the first thing the police do is to bring the person in question back onto the job specifically to lead the case. It's a standard trope of television detectives, of course, that they accidentally find a personal link to the case they're investigating; but it's a bit crazy to assume the reverse, that a known personal involvement would lead to someone being put in charge, especially as much of the tension in the drama comes from his own reluctance to share what he knows with his colleagues. The acting from the two leads was good, and I also liked the mood of the piece, but ultimately, the story just isn't very plausible or engaging.

stylemessiah Despite the tendency to compare it to recent offerings like The Bridge and The Tunnel etc, really you should forget those and seek to approach this with a clean slate.We're seeing it with a head start here in Australia, and episode 2 shows that the promise is there to live beyond the initial opening episode and what are always grand setups.Whats truly astonishing to me is that for the lead actress, Marie Dompnier, this is the first outing for her in front of a camera (i understand she is a seasoned theatre actor). She is transfixing, not only for her appealing appearance (i already have a crush, but will move beyond the superficial hereon in!), but for making her confident female detective character utterly believable. Its something of a triumph right there. She looks as though she has been acting on film for some time. I hope to see more of her in the future.As i said, im 2 episodes in and i cannot not follow through!