Original release 21 mai 2016
Previous episode S03E05 - Meurtres à l'île de Ré
Number S03E06
Episode runtime 95 minutes
Director Jean-Marc Rudnicki
Writers Lionel Pasquier
Clément Theobald
Country France
Original language French
Genres Drama, Crime, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery
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Meurtres sur le lac Léman

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A Swiss businessman is found drowned in Lake Geneva. The corpse was ballasted with a Flottins sculpture symbolizing a fantastic creature. According to the local myth, the Flottins saved a few inhabitants from drowning. The murderer uses this legend to kill. The origin of the victim forces the French cop in charge of the investigation, Louis Jolly, to form a team with Sandrine Zermatten, a Swiss cop. A race against time begins to find the killer while Louis figures out that the presence of Sandrine is not that random.

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Meurtres à... Season 11 Debrief: Sea Spray, Bullrings, Rugby and the Ghosts of the Marne

If you just finished Season 11 of Meurtres à..., you probably already know what makes this French crime anthology special. Each feature-length episode is a self-contained murder mystery set somewhere in France, and the killing is always tied to a local festival, monument or legend. Season 11 was one of the most varied runs the collection has had, mixing seaside tension, Provençal tradition, rugby-mad southern pride and First World War memory. Here's our debrief of what worked, what stayed with us and what the season suggests about the show's future.

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