WHAT I’M WATCHING: Murder In…
Murder in… (Also titled Murders In…) is a French television mystery series, distributed in France since 2013. Each episode takes place in a different locale outside the major cities, often in a region where the indigenous language is not French, and with different casts.
Amazon calls it, “A gorgeous collection of mysteries, each one set in a different, picturesque region of France. Enjoy French towns and areas you may have never seen before!”
From Forbes Magazine, “Murder In… TV Series Beckons Tourists To Discover France. Murder In…, an inventive, creatively curated French TV series, allows travel lovers to immerse themselves in the intimate lives of the locals who live and work at destinations they may have already visited or at places to which they would like to go.
Filmed across almost all of France’s 18 regions, some episodes are set in towns so tiny you have likely never heard of them. Others are better-known places but still off the beaten tourist track, and away from large cities. To get to these gems, you would have to drive there from someplace else.
Murder In… Collioure
I happened on the series browsing through Amazon Prime. I often watch series in languages other than English, so when I found this one was in French, that didn’t bother me. I had several years of basic French in school, and though I can’t understand the quick conversations, the words are familiar. Besides, I’m all into English subtitles.
The scenery is gorgeous, tiny towns on blue ocean bays, red-roofed cottages nestled in greenery, a cave that outshines Carlsbad, a ruined castle on a hill. I’m only to the second season out of the current ten, the most recent of which just dropped a few weeks ago, but I’m hooked.
The police and prosecutor characters that hold the leading rolls in most of the episodes I’ve seen are usually a man and a woman with the potential for romance. The townsfolk are varied and believable. The killers are not easily decerned, and only after following a convoluted path of personal intrigue are they revealed. A truly enjoyable watch.
Murder In… Saint Malo
