A dead aristocrat, a town that remembers who's boss, and one very done police lieutenant.
During the annual party in the château of a wealthy French family, a murder is committed. The small neighboring town is thrown into disorder, suddenly plunged back into the old relationship of master and serfs.
Acting
Anny Duperey's duchess—regal, terrifying, possibly correct about everything.
Direction
De la Rochefoucauld weaponizes château architecture as class commentary.
Writing
The 'medieval dynamic' isn't metaphor. They mean it. Deliciously uncomfortable.
Director
Claire de la Rochefoucauld
Anny Duperey
Duchesse Hélène de l'Essile
Hélène Seuzaret
Louise de Breuil
Myriam Bourguignon
Lieutenant Sarah Slimani
Jean-Claude Dauphin
Duc Thibaut de l'Essile
Nadia Fossier
Dr Sophie Daney
Stéphan Wojtowicz
Daniel Nérac
Dominique Frot
Jacqueline Daney
Jean-Charles Chagachbanian
Commandant Alex Meurisse
Chantal Ravalec
Sylvie de Breuil
Marina Moncade
Rose Manzor
Jean-Baptiste Sagory
Joachim Manzor
Eric Bougnon
Marc Faubert
Sophie de La Rochefoucauld
Procureur Balmont
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Claire de la Rochefoucauld is herself descended from the famous La Rochefoucauld family—making this either personal revenge or complicated family therapy.
The film aired on France 3 as part of their 'Meurtres à...' series, which dumps fictional murders in real French locations like tourism board blackmail.
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