Guyane

That's not the first French adventure drama that takes place in Guyana and speaks about gold searchers. The one I remind the most was 600 kg D'OR PUR, starring Clovis Cornillac. The overall scheme was not exactly the same, although the settings were similar. This one, as a TV show, lets more room to develop characters and situations. The story itself is not so exciting as the characters. Good characters study, with some awesome performances such as the Louis's one. Terrific as a gruesome cold blooded killer and very poignant in the same time, ambivalent at the most, as I love. His relationship with his boss's daughter - played by Olivier Rabourdin - is very, very interesting. And the scene between the two women, the Olivier Rabourdin's character's mistress (lover) and wife is unforgettable; those two women talking very peacefully about their man...Very unusual...The main lead, the young geologist, is weak, sometimes annoying, so predictable, common, lousy, but that's my own opinion. The actor is perfect, only his character is flat. That's not the same. He could have a very interesting character and his play very corny... I repeat, the Louis's role is awesome, with powerful scenes with him, as a ruthless and brutal henchman. Olivier Rabourdin had a very close role to this series in the movie WULU, which took place in Africa and where he was a drug traffic kingpin.

Some lines in this TV show reminded me several novels from Auguste Le Breton, crime adventure stories, especially the characters study and their place in the story.