Dolmen(miniseries)
| Dolmen | |
|---|---|
 Kermorvan lighthouse | |
| Genre | Crime miniseries |
| Screenplay by | Marianne Le Pezennec Nicole Jamet |
| Story by | Nicole Jamet Marie-Anne Le Pezennec |
| Directed by | Didier Albert Eric Summer |
| Starring | Ingrid Chauvin Catherine Wilkening Yves Rénier Xavier Deluc |
| Theme music composer | Frédéric Porte |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language | French |
| No.of seasons | 1 |
| No.of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production companies | TF1 Marathon Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | TF1 |
| Release | June 13, 2005 |
Dolmenis a FrenchTVminiseriesconsisting of six 90 minute-long episodes, and starringIngrid Chauvin.[1]It was written byNicole JametandMarie-Anne Le Pezennec,and broadcast for the first time between 13 June and 18 July 2005 onTF1.[2]
Synopsis
[edit]The story is set in Ty Kern, an island off the coast ofBrittany(which is, in real life,Belle-Île-en-Mer). In Ty Kern, four families are connected by ancient rivalries and secrets: the Kersaints, the Le Bihans, the Pérecs, and the Kermeurs. Marie Kermeur, a young police lieutenant, returns to the island to marry her childhood love, Christian Bréhat. But on the day before their wedding, strange events begin to happen. The bloody corpse of a seagull is brought in by the tide, Marie is assaulted by strange nightmares during the night, her brother Gildas is found dead, andmenhirsnear the town begin to ooze blood.[3]
Aided by an inspector from the mainland, Lucas Fersen, Marie decides to clarify these strange phenomena. It is at this time that a series of deaths begin to occur.
Cast and characters
[edit]| vieux Pérec | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yves | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ? | Aude | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chantal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ? | Anne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ? | Christian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gildas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Millic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeanne | Nicolas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loïc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yvon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yannick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hervé | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pierric | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yvonne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gwenaëlle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ronan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philippe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| unborn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Armelle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Juliette | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arthus | Pierre-Marie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ? | Erwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kermeur family
[edit]Proprietors of a hotel.
- Marie, lieutenant of theGendarmerieinBrest(Ingrid Chauvin)
- Millic, Marie's father (later known not to be so) (Jean-Louis Foulquier)
- Jeanne, Marie's mother (later known not to be so) (Martine Sarcey)
- Gildas, Marie's other brother (Luc Thuiller)
- Loïc, Marie's brother (Manuel Gélin)
- Nicolas, Loïc's son (Tom Hygreck)
Pérec family
[edit]- Yves,medical doctorandmayor(Marc Rioufol)
- Chantal, Yves' wife (Catherine Wilkening)
- Aude, daughter of Yves and Chantal (Lizzie Brocheré)
Kersaint family
[edit]- Arthus,Châtelain(Georges Wilson)
- Pierre-Marie ( "PM" ), Arthus' son (Hippolyte Girardot)
- Erwan de Kersaint, Arthus' son and Marie's real father (both secrets later to be revealed) (Yves Rénier)
- Armelle, Pierre-Marie's wife (Laure Killing)
- Juliette, daughter of Pierre-Marie and Armelle (Emilie de Preissac)
Le Bihan family
[edit]Owners of afaïencerie(factory for fancy pottery)
- Yvonne, head of the business (Nicole Croisille)
- Pierric, Yvonne's mentally handicapped son (Chick Ortega)
- Gwenaëlle (often shortened to Gwen), Yvonne's daughter (Micky Sébastian)
- Philippe, Gwenaëlle's husband (Didier Bienaimé)
- Ronan, son of Gwenaëlle and Philippe (Thomas de Sambi)
Other characters
[edit]- Christian Bréhat, Marie Kermeur's fiancé, a famousYacht racingcaptain (Xavier Deluc)
- Anne Bréhat, Christian's sister, owner of acaféat Ty Kern (Brigitte Froment)
- Lucas Fersen, major in the Brest Gendarmerie (Bruno Madinier)
- Patrick Ryan (false identity adopted by Erwan de Kersaint),Irishnovelist
- Stéphane Morineau, head ofcomputer forensicsfor the Brest Gendarmerie (Richard Valls)
Technical details
[edit]- Directed by:Didier Albert
- Screenplay:Marianne Le Pezennec andNicole Jamet
- Production:TF1 and Marathon Productions
Filming locations
[edit]- Portof Ty Kern: port ofSauzon,Belle-Île-en-Mer.
- Faïencerie Le Bihan:thefaïencerieHB-Henriot,Quimper.
- The lighthouse: the lighthouse of theKermorvanpeninsula,atLe Conquet.
- Site de Guénoc(English:Guénoc place—the bleeding menhirs): built withconcreteon a metallic structure on the Kermorvan peninsula, near the lighthouse atLe Conquet.
- Château des Kersaint(the castle of the Kersaint family): Château de Kerouartz, inLannilis.It is an early 17th-centurymansion,where a woman was, in fact,murdered.
International broadcast
[edit]- Basque Country:ETB2,October 2006 — November 2006
- Belgium:RTL TVI,June 2005 – July 2005
- Germany:RTL 2,November 2006
- Hungary:RTL Klub,2006 summer
- Italy:Rete 4,August 2006 – September 2006
- Portugal:RTP1,August 2006
- Switzerland:TSR,June 2005 – July 2005
- Poland:TVP 1,February 2006
- Russia:TV3,May 2007
- Finland:MTV3,June 2007 — August 2007
- Slovenia:POP TV,July 2007 — August 2007
- Portugal:RTP1,December 2007
- Czech Republic:TV Nova,January 2008
- Catalunya:TV3,January 2008
- Netherlands:Misdaatnet (Dutch commercial crime TV network),May 2011
- United States: MHz WorldView, September 2013
Accolades
[edit]| Year | Awards | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Globes de Cristal Award | Best TV Movie / TV Series | Didier Albert | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^"Ty-Kern, une île très connue, mais peu visitée..."[Ty-Kern, a well-known but little-visited island...].elfes-bretagne.net(in French). Archived fromthe originalon 22 January 2009.Retrieved11 May2020.
- ^"Dolmen".a-suivre.org(in French).Retrieved11 May2020.
- ^"Dolmen - Das Sakrileg der Steine"[Dolmen - The sacrilege of stones].zweitausendeins.de(in German).Retrieved11 May2020.