Season 16 • Episode 6
LatestThe Section de recherches is a special unit of the Gendarmerie nationale, responsible for the most complex cases. In Bordeaux (from 2006 to 2013) and then in Nice (since 2014), child abductions, disappearances, heinous or sexual crimes are the daily lot of the investigators in this research unit. In the search for witnesses, the team is authorised to extend its investigations beyond France's borders.
Production
Bordeaux to Nice glow-up kept it fresh for 16 years.
Acting
Xavier Deluc carried this franchise on his weary shoulders.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
It's one of France's longest-running crime procedurals—outlasting most American equivalents by sheer European stubbornness.
The Gendarmerie nationale is a military police force, making these soldiers solving civilian crimes—a uniquely French tension rarely explored in US television.
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