Candice Renoir
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| Candice Renoir | |
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| Starring | |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language | French |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 96 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 52 min |
| Original release | |
| Network | France 2 |
| Release | 19 April 2013 – present |
Candice Renoir is a French crime television series created by Solen Roy-Pagenault, Robin Barataud and Brigitte Peskine and aired since 19 April 2013 on France 2. The show was canceled after the 11th season. In Australia and Europe, the series were released by Acorn TV.[1]
Plot
[edit]Candice Renoir is a mother of four children. She has taken a ten-year leave of absence from her job as a police detective in Paris and has spent this time as a stay-at-home mom, traveling with the family for her husband's jobs in, among others, the United States, Mexico and Singapore. After her marriage fails due to her husband's infidelity, Candice resumes her job as an investigator. She has called in favors and has landed the job of head of the small criminal investigations division (fr: Brigade de Sûreté Urbaine (BSU)) of the Police Commissariat in Sète (Hérault), a Mediterranean seaside resort town, near Montpellier.
From the moment she arrives at the Police in Sète she is at odds with the local chief of police Commissary Yasmine Attia - as Candice's appointment was made on instruction by the Police HQ in Paris - but also with Captain Dumas, the person who feels he lost the job as a result of her appointment. Attia had promised Dumas the position of head of the BSU and he acted in this assignment for a month before Major Renoir's arrival, relegating him to her deputy, much to his frustration and the frustration of the rest of the team.
Renoir's ten-year career gap has also left some gaps in her knowledge of more recent police procedures, which initially lands her in trouble. In addition, her bubbly personality and soft, at times motherly, behavior, unconventional in a criminal police detective, makes her subordinates call her 'Barbie doll' behind her back, but her unique approach brings results and quickly earns her their respect.
Cast
[edit]Some officer ranks of the French National Police are styled after the French Army, but are unrelated as the employees are civil servants. To underline the difference these are sometimes translated into English as Police Commander, Police Captain, Police Lieutenant (or alternatively Major of Police, Captain of Police, Lieutenant of Police) etc.
- Cécile Bois as Candice Renoir, Police Commander (Commandant de Police) and a mother of four children, who experiences family and work troubles along her way.
- Raphaël Lenglet as Antoine Dumas, Police Captain (Capitaine de Police), who turned Police Commissary (Commissaire de Police) in Season 6.
- Clara Antoons as Emma Renoir, Candice’s eldest daughter
- Etienne Martinelli as Jules Renoir, Candice’s eldest son
- Alexandre Ruscher as Léo Renoir, a son of Candice, who is also a twin of Martin
- Paul Ruscher as Martin Renoir, a son of Candice and a twin of Léo
- Aude Forget as Laurette (season 1), Candice’s housekeeper
- Alix Poisson as Pascale Ibarruri (seasons 1–2), head of Forensic Identity squad
- Arnaud Giovaninetti as Laurent Renoir (seasons 1–2; guest, season 6), Candice’s first husband, in divorce
- Alexandre Varga as Hervé Mazzani (seasons 1–2; guest, season 5), Candice’s first boyfriend after a divorce with Laurent
- Mhamed Arezki as Jean-Baptiste Medjaoui (seasons 1–2; guest, seasons 3 & 10), Police Sergeant Major
- Samira Lachhab as Yasmine Attia (seasons 1–3) Police Commissary
- Gaya Verneuil as Chrystelle Da Silva (seasons 1–5), Police Lieutenant (Lieutenant de Police)
- Stéphane Blancafort as David Canovas (seasons 2–4; guest, season 5), Police Commander and a member of BRI. He and Candice had a relationship before his death in season 4
- Delphine Rich as Aline Jego (seasons 2–5), a leader of Forensic Identity squad, who succeeded and replaced Ibarruri
- Ali Marhyar as Mehdi Badhou (season 3–present), Police Sergeant Major (Brigadier-Chef de Police)
- Nathalie Boutefeu as Sylvie Leclerc (season 4–present), Police Commander, turned Police Commissary in late season 4
- Olivier Cabassut as Armand Marquez (seasons 3–4, 7–present), Police Lieutenant, from Season 7 Police Captain
- Yeelem Jappain as Valentine Atger (season 5–present), Police Lieutenant
- Benjamin Baroche as Max Francazal (seasons 5–7), Candice's second husband, in divorce
- François-Dominique Blin as Franck Davenne (season 6), Police Superintendant (Brigadier-Chef de Police)
- Christopfer Ntakabanyura: Ismael Ndongo (guest, season 8; main, season 9–present), Police Lieutenant
Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally released | Average viewers (millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | ||||
| 1 | 8 | April 19, 2013 | May 10, 2013 | 3.81 | |
| 2 | 10 | April 18, 2014 | May 16, 2014 | 4.58 | |
| 3 | 10 | May 15, 2015 | June 19, 2015 | 4.42 | |
| 4 | 10 | May 6, 2016 | June 3, 2016 | 4.66 | |
| 5 | 10 | April 28, 2017 | May 26, 2017 | 4.60 | |
| 6 | 10 | April 27, 2018 | May 25, 2018 | 4.70 | |
| 7 | 10 | April 19, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | 4.35 | |
| 8 | 10 | April 17, 2020 | October 2, 2020 | 5.35 | |
| 9 | 10 | September 27, 2021 | January 21, 2022 | 5.03 | |
| 10 | 6 | May 20, 2022 | June 10, 2022 | TBA | |
| 11 | 2 | December 30, 2022 | November 1, 2023 | TBA | |
International broadcasts
[edit]In 2020, Polish commercial television channel Polsat started production of their own version of Candice Renoir called Komisarz Mama.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Teicholz, Tom (30 June 2021). "Candice Renoir On Acorn: Mom Of 4 Solves Crimes". Forbes.
- ^ Kurdupski, Michał (20 May 2020). "'Maria Matejko' nowym serialem Polsatu. Nina Terentiew: Połączenie kryminału, obyczaju i komedii". Retrieved 28 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in French)
- Candice Renoir at IMDb