1960: the French intelligence service hires the 23-year-old André Merlaux. Handsome, well raised, intelligent but impressionable, Merlaux has much to learn to serve and defend the interests of France. Three officials must adequately train him to execute delicate and sometimes outlandish operations, as Merlaux discovers the intricacies of government and navigates diplomatic incidents.

Six fairly cocky Paris police academy-graduated newbies join the metropolitan police for real on-the-job training from arrogant veterans who bicker among themselves, and the rookies' private lives and backgrounds keep interfering. Kévin Laporte is a closet gay. Macho Alex Moreno comes from a slum family. Ambitious, academically gifted Lyes Beloumi is of Maghrebinian origin. Shy Nadia Poulain is a young mother in a shaky marriage. Haughty Laura Maurier has a complex family relationship with captain Franchard.

Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, presents a gripping courtroom thriller, offering a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of their home. Granted unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team as it considers its strategic options. "The staircase" is an engrossing look at contemporary American justice that features more twists than a legal bestseller.

Villefranche is a small town without phone reception on the edge of a mysterious forest. The number of inhabitants is dwindling but there's a sharp rise in crime. Police inspector Laurène, once the victim of a crime herself, keeps on discovering fresh corpses.

Lisa, a speech therapist, inherits a house from an unknown man she is not related to and whom died some 30 years ago in that house, his body remaining undiscovered since then. When she moves into the mysterious building, she becomes trapped inside a true labyrinth where terrifying creatures who seem to know all her past sins cruelly taunt her hoping to imprison her inside, beyond the walls..

A tale of power, corruption and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the French port city of Marseille.

After the cold blood murder of Francois Paoli,a notorious Corsican mobster, Sandra Paoli, his niece, takes over the reign of violence, money, drug and sex in a world of it's own : Corsica.

Sixteen-year-old Jennifer disappears one night from her village in the Ardennes. Captain Gaspard Deker leads the investigation with local cop Virginie Musso, who knew the girl well. They are helped by Eve, a lonely and mysterious woman.

After six years of undercover work in Syria, French intelligence officer Malotru returns home, where he struggles to forget his undercover identity, train a young recruit, and investigate when a colleague disappears in Algeria.

French espionage and political thriller TV series

After the french president is killed by an assassin, a political intrigue about the following campaign begins. The best friend of the dead president and his spindoctor installs the socialminister as a candidate against the incumbent premier-minister.

As a group of movie-star agents in Paris, France go about their lives and work, they need to figure out how to carry on with the agency after their fearless leader's passing. This hour-long drama plays out much like a soap opera, but with more realistic problems and concerns. They don't do Olympic-size gymnastics to create drama or induce the viewer to believe a plot.

When a teenage girl does not return home from a festival, her parents contact the police.

In a world where everyone believes death has finally been conquered and people can live forever, 120-year-old cop Darius and rebellious, suicidal 24-year-old Christa must investigate the mysterious suicides of seven teenagers. With the promise of eternal life, why would a group of teenagers commit such an act? Was it a cult? A political act? Or perhaps a cry for help from a hopeless lost youth? The two embark on a mysterious, dangerous investigation from which there will be no turning back.

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