Based on the cookbook (or, Mangeurs On A Train)

Le goût du crime (A Taste for Crime), runtime 1:28:39
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Laure Grenadier (Cecile Bois, Candice Renoir) is a Lyon-based food vlogger and chef– who no longer cooks. We’re supposed to guess that Something Happened to take her out of the kitchen, but a priori she seems fine: hanging with her best friend Olivier the coroner, living with her militant vegan daughter Amandine, and building a successful influencer brand with a quarter-million followers.

Cecile Bois, with Charlie Dupont as ‘Nicolas’

And then tragedy strikes: her beloved uncle Jérôme, a star chef, is killed in his kitchen. Complicating matters is that Laure’s ex Nicolas– Commander Garnier– is leading the investigation. Nicolas has been saddled with new team member Baptiste, who arrives with golden retriever energy. But just when Laure decides to let Nicolas get on with it, she discovers another body– another star chef, killed exactly the same way.

And then they’re off, into the cutthroat world of Lyon cuisine– Laure, tagging along with a reluctant Nicolas and fanboy Baptiste.

Based on the first in a series of books, it’s a little film that holds your attention. And it’s always nice to see Bois, especially her sunny laugh and ‘you’re SO underestimating me’ smile. So hopefully this isn’t the last we’ll see of Grenadier & Co.


MISC

I picked this one because, other than Cherif, I know nothing about Lyon,

Uncle Jérôme is played by Bernard Le Coq, a big-time César-winning movie and TV star.

Vive la France!

Le crime de la tour Eiffel, (Crime at the Eiffel Tower), runtime 1:31:46
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I selected this Meurtres a...-style TV film because I thought the setting and the Tower's history would be a good match for Bastille Day. And it so happens the opening scene does take place on the night of July 14.

The murder of a young YouTube influencer brings out Capt Laura Giordano (Flore Bonaventura from Magellan , others too numerous to list) to investigate. The case will be complicated and fraught with pressure because the crime scene is the Eiffel Tower. Laura's recovering from the emotional scars of an incident which will be revealed in due course, working this case is her boss Eric throwing her back in the pool.

Benoit Michel (L) and Flore Bonaventura

One of Eric's conditions is that Laura work with The New Guy In Town, Capt Mathieu Béllanger, fresh from solving a big case in Beaumont. Together they explore behind the scenes at the Tower, investigate a killer desperate to protect a secret, reunite a family seeking to recover a valuable heirloom, and discover links to a pivotal moment in French history.


MISC

It’s been a while since I’ve included DHH subs, so reminder: I subtitle (in red) non-spoken sounds which are significant to the story. Red ellipses mean "previous sound repeats."

Words which appear on screen (eg signs, texts, episode titles and locators) I subtitle in green.

I identify significant characters the first time they say something. If a lot of characters are introduced quickly at the beginning, I identify them in green.

When an entire dialogue side is said from offscreen, I either a) identify the speaker, or b) put the subtitle toward the speaker's side of the screen.

I don't know why the Opensubtitles link didn't work the first time. 


NOTES

The Champs-de-Mars (00'11”) is the park at the base of the Tower. Identifying it now means a later footnote isn't needed.