A blind detective solving evisceration murders? Now THAT'S commitment to the bit.
Season 1 • Episode 3
LatestIn the west of Paris, strange murders are committed. The victims are eviscerated before being arranged in a macabre display. While discovering one of the victim, Police commander Eric Lanester loses his sight... as well as the control of the case. But with help of a young woman taxi driver, the cop nevertheless continues his investigation.
Acting
Richard Berry's physical transformation into blindness is quietly devastating.
Direction
POV shots that force you to see — and not see — exactly as Lanester does.
Cinematography
Paris as shadow-texture: gray, wet, claustrophobic.
Richard Berry
Éric Lanester
Emma de Caunes
Gabrielle Stahl
Hippolyte Girardot
Professeur Vincent Gerhardt
Agnès Blanchot
Max Fabrega
Isabelle Candelier
Docteur Jacynthe Bergeret
Farid Elouardi
Adam Kebchi
Nicky Marbot
Charles Kaminski
Brice Fournier
Hervé Barthélemy
Maher Kamoun
Kamel Halfi
Jeanne Bournaud
Carla Gomez
Claudia Tagbo
Léonie Saint-Martin
Catherine Benguigui
Docteur Irène Massoni
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of France's 2010s wave of 'polar' TV — crime series reclaiming noir from American dominance.
Richard Berry spent weeks with France's national institute for blind youth, learning to navigate spaces without sight cues.
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