Dolmen (TV miniseries)
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Dolmen is a French
TV
miniseries
, consisting of six 90 minutes-long episodes, and starring Ingrid Chauvin
. It was written by Nicole Jamet and Marie-Anne Le Pezennec, and broadcast for the first time between June 13 and July 18, 2005 on TF1
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), an island off the coast of Brittany
. Marie, a young police lieutenant, returns to her home island to marry her childhood love, Christian Bréhat. In Ty Kern, four families are connected by ancient rivalries and secrets: the Kersaint, the Le Bihan, the Pérec and the Kermeur. But on the day before the wedding of Marie and Christian, 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, and the town's menhir
s begin to bleed.
Aided by an inspector from the mainland, Lucas Fersen, Marie decides to clarify these strange phenomena. It is now that a series of deaths begin.
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France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
TV
Television
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miniseries
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
, consisting of six 90 minutes-long episodes, and starring Ingrid Chauvin
Ingrid Chauvin
Ingrid Chauvin is a French actress known for her roles in the miniseries Méditerranée, Dolmen, and the series Femmes de loi.-Early life:...
. It was written by Nicole Jamet and Marie-Anne Le Pezennec, and broadcast for the first time between June 13 and July 18, 2005 on TF1
TF1
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Synopsis
The story is set in the island of Ty Kern (which is, in real life, Belle-Île-en-MerBelle Île
Belle-Île or Belle-Île-en-Mer is a French island off the coast of Brittany in the département of Morbihan, and the largest of Brittany's islands. It is 14 km from the Quiberon peninsula.Administratively, the island forms a canton: the canton of Belle-Île...
), an island off the coast of Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
. Marie, a young police lieutenant, returns to her home island to marry her childhood love, Christian Bréhat. In Ty Kern, four families are connected by ancient rivalries and secrets: the Kersaint, the Le Bihan, the Pérec and the Kermeur. But on the day before the wedding of Marie and Christian, 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, and the town's menhir
Menhir
A menhir is a large upright standing stone. Menhirs may be found singly as monoliths, or as part of a group of similar stones. Their size can vary considerably; but their shape is generally uneven and squared, often tapering towards the top...
s begin to bleed.
Aided by an inspector from the mainland, Lucas Fersen, Marie decides to clarify these strange phenomena. It is now that a series of deaths begin.
Cast and characters
Kermeur family
- Ingrid ChauvinIngrid ChauvinIngrid Chauvin is a French actress known for her roles in the miniseries Méditerranée, Dolmen, and the series Femmes de loi.-Early life:...
: Marie, police lieutenantLieutenantA lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
at BrestBrest, FranceBrest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon... - Jean-Louis Foulquier : Millic, Marie's father (later known not to be so)
- Martine Sarcey : Jeanne, Marie's the mother (later known not to be so)
- Manuel Gélin : Loïc, Marie's brother
- Luc Thuiller : Gildas, Marie's other brother
- Tom Hygreck : Nicolas, Loïc's son
Pérec family
- Marc Rioufol : Yves, medical doctor and mayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
- Catherine Wilkening : Chantal, Yves' wife
- Lizzie Brocheré : Aude, their daughter
Kersaint family
- Georges Wilson : Arthus, castellanCastellanA castellan was the governor or captain of a castle. The word stems from the Latin Castellanus, derived from castellum "castle". Also known as a constable.-Duties:...
- Hippolyte Girardot : Pierre-Marie (often shortened PM), Arthus' son
- Yves Rénier : Erwan de Kersaint, his other son and Marie's real father (both secrets later to be revealed)
- Laure Killing : Armelle, Pierre-Marie's wife
- Emilie de Preissac : Juliette, the daughter of Pierre-Marie and Armelle
Le Bihan family
- Nicole Croisille : Yvonne, business owner (a faïencerieFaienceFaience or faïence is the conventional name in English for fine tin-glazed pottery on a delicate pale buff earthenware body, originally associated with Faenza in northern Italy. The invention of a white pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to the slip...
) - Micky Sébastian : Gwenaëlle (often shortened Gwen), her daughter
- Didier Bienaimé : Philippe, Gwenaëlle's husband
- Thomas de Sambi : Ronan, the son of Gwenaëlle and Philippe
- Chick Ortega : Pierric, Yvonne's haindicapped son
Other characters
- Xavier Deluc : Christian Bréhat, famous skipper, Marie Kermeur's fiancé
- Brigitte Froment : Anne Bréhat, Christian's sister, owns a caféCaféA café , also spelled cafe, in most countries refers to an establishment which focuses on serving coffee, like an American coffeehouse. In the United States, it may refer to an informal restaurant, offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order sandwiches...
at Ty Kern - Bruno Madinier : Lucas Fersen, police commandantCommandantCommandant is a senior title often given to the officer in charge of a large training establishment or academy. This usage is common in anglophone nations...
- Yves Rénier : Patrick Ryan (fake identity adopted by Erwan de Kersaint), IrishRepublic of IrelandIreland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
novelist - Richaud Valls : Stéphane Morineau, chief-marshall of InformaticsInformation technologyInformation technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
of the GendarmerieGendarmerieA gendarmerie or gendarmery is a military force charged with police duties among civilian populations. Members of such a force are typically called "gendarmes". The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary describes a gendarme as "a soldier who is employed on police duties" and a "gendarmery, -erie" as...
Technical details
- Directed byFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
: Didier Albert - ScreenplayScreenplayA screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
: Marianne Le Pezennec and Nicole Jamet - Production : TF1 and Marathon Productions
Filming places
- PortPortA port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....
of Ty Kern : port of Sauzon, Belle-Île-en-MerBelle ÎleBelle-Île or Belle-Île-en-Mer is a French island off the coast of Brittany in the département of Morbihan, and the largest of Brittany's islands. It is 14 km from the Quiberon peninsula.Administratively, the island forms a canton: the canton of Belle-Île...
. - Faïencerie Le Bihan : the faïencerieFaienceFaience or faïence is the conventional name in English for fine tin-glazed pottery on a delicate pale buff earthenware body, originally associated with Faenza in northern Italy. The invention of a white pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to the slip...
HB-Henriot, Quimper. - The lighthouse : the lighthouse of the Kermorvan peninsulaPeninsulaA peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
, at Le ConquetArrondissement of BrestThe arrondissement of Brest is an arrondissement of France, located in the Finistère département, in the Brittany region. It has twenty cantons and eighty communes.-Cantons:The cantons of the arrondissement of Brest are:# Brest-Bellevue...
. - Site de Guénoc (English: Guénoc place—the bleeding menhirs) : built with concreteConcreteConcrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word...
on a metallic structure, on the Kermorvan peninsula, near the lighthouse, at Le ConquetArrondissement of BrestThe arrondissement of Brest is an arrondissement of France, located in the Finistère département, in the Brittany region. It has twenty cantons and eighty communes.-Cantons:The cantons of the arrondissement of Brest are:# Brest-Bellevue...
. - Château des Kersaint (the castle of the Kersaint family) : Château de Kerouartz, in LannilisArrondissement of BrestThe arrondissement of Brest is an arrondissement of France, located in the Finistère département, in the Brittany region. It has twenty cantons and eighty communes.-Cantons:The cantons of the arrondissement of Brest are:# Brest-Bellevue...
. It is an early 17th century mansionMansionA mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...
, where a woman was, in fact, murderMurderMurder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
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Broadcast information
- The first episode was viewed by approximately 12.1 million viewers (48.8% share)
- The second episode was viewed by approximately 11.4 million viewers (48.7% share)
- The third episode was viewed by approximately 11.6 million viewers (50.5% share)
- The fourth episode was viewed by approximately 12.1 million viewers (49.1% share) — the best French audience in 2005
- The fifth episode was viewed by approximately 11.9 million viewers (51.1% share)
- The sixth and final episode was viewed by 12.88 million viewers (53.1% share)
International broadcast
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