Astrid et Raphaëlle

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Astrid et Raphaëlle
Logo containing the words Astrid et Raphaëlle
Also known asAstrid: Murder in Paris
Astrid
GenreThriller, police procedural
Created byAlexandre de Seguins
Laurent Burtin
Developed byJLA Productions
France Télévisions
Be-Films
RTBF
StarringSara Mortensen
Lola Dewaere
Theme music composerErwann Kermorvant
Country of originFrance
Belgium
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes25+
Production
Running time90 minutes (pilot)
52 minutes (episodes)
Original release
NetworkFrance 2
Release12 April 2019 (2019-04-12)

Astrid et Raphaëlle, aired in the United Kingdom as Astrid: Murder in Paris,[1] in the United States simply as Astrid,[2] and in Spain as Bright Minds,[3] is a Franco-Belgian detective television series, created by Alexandre de Seguins and Laurent Burtin. It was first broadcast on 12 April 2019 on France 2.

The series is a co-production of France Télévisions, JLA Productions, Be-Films and RTBF (Belgian television).[4][5]

It features a duo of policewomen: Major Raphaëlle Coste (addressed as 'Commander'), an impulsive police detective played by Lola Dewaere, and autistic archivist Astrid Nielsen, played by Sara Mortensen.

Synopsis

As the series begins, 30-year-old Astrid Nielsen is an autistic woman who works discreetly as an archivist for the judicial police and knows every case she has handled.[6] She meets Raphaëlle Coste, then in charge of an investigation into the suicides of doctors. The two solitary women help each other, Astrid offering Raphaëlle a methodology and Raphaëlle offering Astrid behavioral help in return.

Cast

Main cast

Lola Dewaere plays Commander Raphaëlle Coste
Sara Mortensen plays librarian Astrid Nielsen
Department of Judicial Police (DPJ)
Criminal documentation
  • Sara Mortensen: Astrid Nielsen, documentarian
  • Geoffroy Thiebaut [fr]: Alain Gaillard, director of criminal documentation and Astrid's guardian (principal season 1, guest seasons 2 and 3)
  • Laurent Lévy [fr]: Gilles, criminal documentation employee (recurring season 1, guest seasons 2 and 3)
Other officials
Family of Astrid Nielsen
Family of Raphaëlle Coste
Autism support group
Others

Production

Genesis and development

The idea for the series arose in 2017; its producers wished to create a thriller in which a main character would be autistic.[7] Screenwriter Alexandre de Seguins met Jean-Sébastien Bouilloux, working for producer Jean-Luc Azoulay; the pilot was accepted for broadcast on France 2, replacing the series Caïn.[8] Hippolyte Dard and Elsa Bennet directed the pilot.[6] Six more episodes were to be ordered if the pilot met audience targets.[9] On April 25, 2019, Sara Mortensen announced on her Instagram account that, following the pilot's success, France 2 had ordered six 52-minute episodes: "Broadcast on April 12 last, the 90-minute pilot achieved solid ratings. The new duo of heroines from France 2 will now be entitled to an entire season. After bringing together five million viewers in April the evening of the pilot's broadcast (20.7% PDA), Astrid and Raphaëlle obtained the green light from France 2 for a season 1 consisting of six 52-minute episodes".

Filming

The "Documentation Criminelle" where Astrid works is in fact the building of the Departmental Archives of Val-de-Marne.

Filming for Season 1 took place between October 2019 and January 2020 for release in spring 2020.[10][11]

Filming for season 2 took place from 3 August to 8 December 2020. Guest actors included Pierre Palmade, Hubert Delattre, Alysson Paradis, Gérard Majax, Ingrid Juveneton, Kentaro, and Richard Gotainer.[12]

Filming for the first four episodes of Season 3 took place from 30 August to 28 October 2021, with guest actors Valérie Kaprisky, Stéphane Guillon, Bruno Wolkowitch, and Michaël Cohen.[13][14] The last four episodes were shot from 2 November to 21 December 2021.[15]

Filming for season 4 took place from 16 August to 6 December 2022 in Paris and adjacent regions. Announced guests included Tom Villa, Philippe Chevallier, Stomy Bugsy, Xavier Gallais, Jean-Baptiste Guégan, and Hélène Médigue.[16]

Broadcasts

In France, the pilot attracted 4.221 million viewers, or 19.5% market share, ensuring the broadcast of eight other episodes on France 2.[17] In Belgium, the pilot attracted 236,000 viewers when it was broadcast on La Une.[18]

The episodes in the table below are presented in the order of broadcast on France 2.

Season Episode no. First broadcast date Title Viewers Percentage Guest actors
Pilot 0 12 avril 2019 Puzzle 4,221,000 19.5% Linda Massoz, Julien Prévost
1 1 13 mars 2020 Hantise 1 3,895,000 16.3% Kamel Isker, Sarah Haxaire
2 13 mars 2020 Hantise 2 3,470,000 16.4% Charlélie Couture
3 20 mars 2020 Chaînon manquant 4,990,000 18.0% Richard Gotainer, Benjamin Egner
4 20 mars 2020 Chambre close 4,330,000 17.6% Stéphane Guillon, Ariel Wizman
5 27 mars 2020 Fulcanelli 4,760,000 17.1% Daniel Mesguich
6 27 mars 2020 L'homme qui n’existait pas 4,260,000 17.9% Fauve Hautot, Anne Le Nen
7 3 avril 2020 La Mort et Compagnie 5,243,000 18.2% Raphael Mezrahi, Hugo Horiot
8 3 avril 2020 Invisible 4,750,000 19.1% Vincent Moscato, Gérard Miller
2 1 21 mai 2021 L'Étourneau 5,225,000 21.9% Pierre Palmade, Gérard Majax
2 21 mai 2021 Irezumi 4,480,000 20.6% Richard Gotainer, Kentaro
3 28 mai 2021 Le Paradoxe de Fermi 5,060,000 21.7% Alysson Paradis, Viktor Vincent
4 28 mai 2021 Point d'orgue 4,520,000 20.7% Ingrid Juveneton, Brigitte Aubry
5 4 juin 2021 Circé 5,254,000 22.0% Sophie Duez, Louisy Joseph, Sébastien Chartier
6 4 juin 2021 Golem 4,750,000 22.0% Mathieu Delarive, Avy Marciano, Félicité Chaton
7 11 juin 2021 Le livre 4,367,000 19.6% Tom Novembre, Paloma Coquant, Michel Bompoil
8 11 juin 2021 En garde à vue 4,170,000 19.5% Émilie Dequenne, Hugo Horiot
3 1 26 août 2022 Plan global 5,070,000 28.4% Camille de Pazzis, Michaël Cohen
2 26 août 2022 Memento Mori 4,650,000 28.8% Caroline Le Moing, Bruno Wolkowitch
3 2 septembre 2022 Natifs 5,366,000 27.3% Valérie Kaprisky, Ben Feitelson
4 2 septembre 2022 La Chambre ouverte 4,680,000 27.0% Catherine Zavlav, Stéphane Guillon
5 9 septembre 2022 Témoin 5,596,000 28.6% Lilou Fogli, Aksel Rivière
6 9 septembre 2022 Sang d'or 4,870,000 28.1% Florence Thomassin, Ivan Franek
7 16 septembre 2022 Les Fleurs du mal 5,390,000 26.8% Virginie Kartner, Philippe Duquesne
8 23 septembre 2022 En souterrain 5,182,000 25.2% Olivier Rabourdin, Roger Carnillac
  Highest audience
  Lowest audience

The Puzzle pilot was rebroadcast on France 2 on Friday 10 April 2020, drawing 4,885,000 viewers, an 18.3% market share.[19]

The show has also been broadcast in the United States and the UK, and on the Welsh language channel S4C as "Astrid et Raphaëlle" with burnt in Welsh language subtitles together with optional English subtitles available.

Reviews

According to Julia Fernandez of Allociné, the group discussion scene between autistic people is one of the most successful scenes in the pilot, the weakness of this episode residing in a certain predictability of the police investigation's outcome.[20]

During the broadcast of the pilot, the Belgian magazine Moustique noted a strong resemblance to the American series The Good Doctor: "Like Shawn Murphy, Astrid is going through a difficult family situation but can count on the help of her tutor. Like the young doctor, she came out of the isolation caused by her atypical neurology—thanks to her job—but must regularly face the incomprehension of those who do not know".[18]

At the start of the first season, this magazine insisted on the difficulty for the screenwriters to invent stories involving "disabled characters": "They have to slalom between the interest of the story, respect for political correctness and the concern to avoid caricature, into which it is easy to fall for the pleasure of a moment of emotion or a funny scene". The journalist considers the gamble rather successful: "Without avoiding all the pitfalls, the series really holds up and manages to treat Astrid's autism only as an element and not a definition of the young woman".[21]

Features

According to Lola Dewaere, this thriller allows "another look at difference".[7] Astrid resembles a feminine Sherlock Holmes.[22]

According to one of the writers, Alexandre de Seguins, Astrid, whom he wants as far as possible from the cliché autistic genius, is inspired by the works of Temple Grandin, which revealed to him "the elements of her way of seeing the world, the difficulties of everyday life".[23] He was also inspired by his meeting and discussions with Josef Schovanec, as well as a dozen autistic people who read and commented on the texts of the episodes.[23]

One of the three co-authors of the series has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, a form of autism.[23] Autistic actor Hugo Horiot plays a neurotypical character in season 1 episode 7.[23]

Remake

Brtish remake of the series titled Patience [24]

Bibliography

  • Julia Baudin, "Astrid and Raphaëlle: France 2 dares to be atypical. The channel is launching a pilot built on a tandem of heroines, one of whom is autistic and the other completely unmanageable", TV Magazine, Le Figaro, Paris, 7 April 2019, p. 12.

References

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  3. ^ A3S (Atreseries) Spanish television network
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  7. ^ a b "Lola Dewaere: "Le polar Astrid et Raphaëlle est un autre regard sur la différence"". tvmag.lefigaro.fr. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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  19. ^ "Audiences TV Prime (vendredi 10 avril 2020) : Koh-Lanta surpuissant, Astrid et Raphaëlle impressionnent en rediffusion, NCIS garde ses fidèles". toutelatele.com. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  20. ^ Julia Fernandez (11 April 2019). "Astrid et Raphaëlle : que vaut le nouveau duo policier de France 2 qui aborde le thème de l'autisme ?". Allociné. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  21. ^ Yannic Duchesne (4 March 2020). "Femmes de loi". Moustique (4910): 134.
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  24. ^ Whittock, Jesse (27 February 2024). "Laura Fraser & Ella Maisy Purvis Team For Cop Drama Series 'Patience' From Eagle Eye, PBS & Beta Film". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

External links

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