Les châtaigniers du désert (2010– )

Stars:

Élodie Navarre, Louis Velle, François Marthouret

Cast

Series cast summary:
Élodie Navarre	...	Marie de Walheim (2 episodes, 2010)
Louis Velle	...	Melchior (2 episodes, 2010)
François Marthouret	...	Bob (2 episodes, 2010)
Thomas Jouannet	...	Brice Le Guillou (2 episodes, 2010)
Isabelle Sadoyan	...	Sarah (2 episodes, 2010)
Mathias Mlekuz	...	Michel, le curé (2 episodes, 2010)
Jean-Claude Drouot	...	Ruben (2 episodes, 2010)
James Gerard	...	Desmond Campbell (2 episodes, 2010)
Alexandra Stewart	...	Eleanor Campbell (2 episodes, 2010)
Vanessa Guide	...	Fleur Bonneteau (2 episodes, 2010)
Samir Boitard	...	Mostafa Moumen (2 episodes, 2010)
Azzedine Bouabba	...	Samir (2 episodes, 2010)
Benjamin Douba-Paris	...	David (2 episodes, 2010)
Julie Fournier	...	Docteur Lenoir (2 episodes, 2010)
Sylvie Genty	...	Marguerite (2 episodes, 2010)
Philippe Laudenbach	...	Pasteur Poujol (2 episodes, 2010)
Juliet Lemonnier	...	Magali (2 episodes, 2010)
Gilles Mercier	...	Pierre (2 episodes, 2010)
Alain Mottet	...	Le Marquis (2 episodes, 2010)
Jean-Philippe Puymartin	...	M. de Walheim (2 episodes, 2010)
Alexie Ribes	...	Clémentine (2 episodes, 2010)
Anne Richard	...	Régine (2 episodes, 2010)
Marie-France Santon	...	Mme Vignolle (2 episodes, 2010)
Maurice Vaudaux	...	M. Bourgade (2 episodes, 2010)
Paul Velle	...	Abel (2 episodes, 2010)
Claudine Vincent	...	Mme Bourquin (2 episodes, 2010)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

tv mini series

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

13 November 2010 (France)

Filming Locations:

Cévennes, Lozère, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pampa Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Charming TV series shot at beautiful Cévennes.

Spunky Élodie Navarre from "Danse avec lui", "L'école du pouvoir", and others stars this new TV series which revolves basically about her, her philosophical/ vocational dilemmas, which she solves as deftly as her sentimental life. Always smiling, caring to her elders, compassionate to the reluctant village people of her hometown, caring to the children, quickly repents when she gets angry, really, somebody to have around for every occasion :)! Somewhat rosy, centered on religion, ecumenism and of course love, this series is fun to watch thanks to a good script and stellar cast, from François Marthouret as a sensitive piano player, Thomas Jouannet as the obvious heart breaker, and husky voiced Mathias Mlekuz as a fellow priest, but catholic, who has his healthy dose of doubts.

Desmond Campbell is her "perfect" fiancé, with a not so perfect mother Eleanor Campbell, an ugly, insensitive and dominating person, commercializing religious beliefs and, worse of all, "rich Americans" :). Local evil beauty "Fleur Bonneteau" is another nice to watch antagonist. Pity both Eleanor and Fleur's destinies in this story are not solved very convincingly, maybe for so many things happen in 4 hours that it finally narration seems somewhat hurried, specially in the 2nd part.

Nevermind quibbles, this above average series can endure being watched again, no small treat considering the genre.

Enjoyable!

PS: My favourite characters are Melchior, sexy Docteur Lenoir (a fellow copper with a secret) and Abel (listen to him!).