Section de recherches

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Section de recherches
Also known asResearch unit
Genre Crime drama
Created by
  • Steven Bawol
  • Dominique Lancelot
Starring
  • Xavier Deluc
  • Virginia Caliari
  • Kamel Belghazi
  • Chrystelle Labaude
  • Linda Hardy
  • Jean-Pascal Lacoste
  • Félicité Du Jeu
  • Bernard Montiel
  • Vincent Primault
  • Olivia Lancelot
  • Franck Sémonin
  • Manon Azem
  • Julie Fournier
  • Stéphane Soo Mongo
  • Felicite Chaton
  • Julie Bernard
  • Raphaël Bouchard
  • Marine Sainsily
  • Honorine Magnier
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons13
No. of episodes155 (list of episodes)
Production
Production locations
Running time52 minutes
Original release
Network TF1
ReleaseMay 11, 2006 (2006-05-11)

Section de recherches ("Investigation Unit") is a French television series first broadcast on TF1 on May 11, 2006.

Contents

In Belgium, the series was shown on La Une from November 9, 2013. [1]

Plot

The Investigation Unit is a special unit of the National Gendarmerie, responsible for the most complex cases. In Bordeaux (from 2006 to 2013) and then in Nice (from 2014), it investigates child abductions, disappearances, and vicious or sexual crimes. In search of witnesses, the team is empowered to extend its investigations beyond the borders of France.

Development

Since the series was developed at the same time as another TF1 police show, "R.I.S, police scientifique", the production team made the two differ by portraying gendarmes outside of Paris, in Bordeaux, to present different scenery. The series has a deliberate focus on interpersonal relationships, inspired by American series such as "Cold Case" and "Without a Trace". [2]

The show runner [2] Dominique Lancelot is both producer and screenwriter. The series is one of the few French productions to be written using the writing room process commonly employed by American TV shows: the writers work in two groups to produce two storylines at a time and meet several days a week to work together. One of the writers is then designated to write the step outline, and another to write the dialogue. Each storyline thus passes through several hands before receiving the approval of the show runner for the shoot. [3] The series is therefore in continuous production, with each episode being shot as soon as it is finalised, a style quite rare for French series which are more typically filmed in whole seasons. Each episode has a budget of €900,000, plus a €100,000 fee payable to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (the National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image), and therefore totals one million euros per episode. [4]

In 2013, following the seventh season, the production team decided to make a number of changes to the show, including moving the police unit from Bordeaux to Nice. [5] Both technical and creative factors were cited as prompting the changes: the writers wanted to develop the serial format of the show, with an increasing focus on the characters' personal lives; and the occasional inclement weather in the Gironde region had been creating difficulties in filming some of the show's many outdoor scenes. Production schedules benefitted from the milder climate and longer days in the Alpes-Maritimes. [6]

The show was commissioned by TF1 for a tenth series to be broadcast in 2016, but underwent a major upheaval when producer Dominique Lancelot stepped down from her role as show runner [7] and was replaced by Marie Guilmineau ( The Shadow Men ). [8] at the end of the ninth series.

Casting

In 2008, Linda Hardy joined the cast of the third season as Chief Warrant Officer Claire Linsky. [9] She decides to leave at the end of next season series in 2010 to focus on his family. [10]

In 2011, two new characters appeared in the fifth season: Warrant Officer Fanny Caradec played by Félicité Du Jeu [11] and Officer Marc-Olivier Delcroix played by Vincent Primault.

The seventh season saw many casting changes. Félicité Du Jeu left the series due to pregnancy. [12] Kamel Belghazi also left the series in mid-season. [13] Manon Azem joined the show shortly after in the role of Warrant Officer Sarah Casanova. [12]

In 2013, the relocation of the series from Bordeaux to Nice for the eighth season led to many changes in the cast: except for Xavier Deluc and Chrystelle Labaude and Manon Azem, all the other actors (Jean-Pascal Lacoste, Virginia Caliari and Olivia Lancelot) were written out. Additions included: Franck Sémonin in the role of Lieutenant Lucas Auriol and Julie Fournier in lieutenant Roxane Janin. [14] Stéphane Soo Mongo also joined as Warrant Officer Alexandre Sainte-Rose and Félicité Chaton as Warrant Officer Victoire Cabral. Finally, Manon Azem returned to the cast in the fifth episode of the eighth season. [15]

Cast

CharacterActorPositionSeasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Martin Bernier Xavier Deluc MajorMain
Matilde DelmasVirginia CaliariSergeantMain
Enzo GhemaraKamel BelghaziCaptain (Seasons 1–5)
Commander (Seasons 5–7)		Main
Nadia AngeliChrystelle LabaudeCaptainMain
Léon Julien Courbey Main
Claire Linsky Linda Hardy Chief SergeantMain
Luc Irrandonéa Jean-Pascal Lacoste OfficerRecurringMain
Fanny Caradec Félicité Du Jeu SergeantMain
Alain BergerBernard MontielProsecutorMain
Nathalie CharlieuOlivia LancelotLieutenantRecurringMain
Marc-Olivier DelcroixVincent PrimaultOfficerRecurringMainGuest
Sara Casanova Manon Azem SergeantRecurringMainGuest
Roxane JaninJulie FournierLieutenantMain
Lucas AuriolFranck SémoninLieutenantMain
Alexandre Sainte-RoseStéphane Soo MongoSergeantMain
Victory CabralFelicite ChatonSergeantMain
Juliette DelageJulie BernardLieutenantMain
Camille ChatenetRaphaël BouchardLieutenantMain
Sophie WalleMarine SainsilySergeantMain
Ariel GrimaudÉlise TielrooyCaptainMain
Rose OrsiniHonorine MagnierSergeantMain

Episodes

For the first seven seasons the set was in Bordeaux and from season 8 onward the set is in Nice.

SeriesEpisodesOriginally broadcast
Series premiere Series finale
1 411 May 200618 May 2006
2 86 September 200728 September 2007
3 1020 November 200829 January 2009
4 1410 September 200911 March 2010
5 1410 March 201128 April 2011
6 1026 April 201224 May 2012
7 1628 February 201318 April 2013
8 1227 February 20143 April 2014
9 125 February 201519 March 2015
10 1328 January 201631 March 2016
11 145 January 201713 April 2017
12 141 March 201826 April 2018
13 147 March 20192 May 2019

Shooting

The filming of the first six seasons takes place in Bordeaux and in the Aquitaine region for outdoor scenes and in Paris for indoor scenes.

The filming of episodes 67 and 68: from April 3 to April 20 in Angoulême and around, episodes 69 and 70: from May 22 for 3 weeks in Angoulême and surroundings, episodes 71 and 72: from June 18 for 3 weeks in Angoulême and surroundings and episodes 73 and 74: from September 3 for 3 weeks in Angoulême and the surrounding area.

The filming of the final of the fifth season in La Réunion lasted 24 days. [16]

The shooting of the sixth season begins at the end of February 2011 for an expected duration of nine months. [17]

The shooting of the seventh season is from April to December 2012. [18]

Since the eighth season and the relocation of the series to Nice, production has set up its studios in a former perfumery factory in the Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes) zone. [19] The shooting of the eighth season begins in April 2013 in region. [20]

The filming of the ninth season begins March 24, 2014. [21]

The shooting of the tenth season is planned in two stages: a first part from the end of March 2015, and a second part from the summer until the end of December 2015. [8]

The filming of the eleventh season began in March 2016.

The shooting of the twelfth season began on March 13, 2017.

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  2. 1 2 "C'est quoi un "showrunner" à la française ? - News Séries - AlloCiné". Allocine.fr. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  3. ↑ "Season One - Podcast 100% Séries". Season1.fr. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
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  5. ↑ Laurent Chignaguet (2017-02-27). "Section de recherches déménage à Nice". Tvmag.lefigaro.fr. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  6. ↑ Jean-Marc Barenghi (2014-02-27). "Section de recherches change tout : les nouveautés de la saison". Tvmag.lefigaro.fr. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  7. ↑ "Section de recherches : une saison 10 pour la série de TF1 en 2016". Toutelatele. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  8. 1 2 Thomas Janua. "Section de recherches, TF1 : les premières infos sur la saison 10 [Photos]" (in French). Telestar.fr. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  9. ↑ TVMag (2007-12-14). "Linda Hardy enquête pour Section de recherches". Tvmag.lefigaro.fr. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  10. ↑ TVMag (2010-07-29). "Linda Hardy dans une série US". Tvmag.lefigaro.fr. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  11. ↑ "Félicité du Jeu, de Spielberg à Section de recherches". Toutelatele. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  12. 1 2 "Félicité du Jeu (Section de recherches) : Maman d'une petite fille". Purepeople.com. 2013-02-14. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
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  16. ↑ "Les héros de Section de Recherches s'envolent pour l'île de la Réunion !". Purepeople.com. 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  17. ↑ "Neuf mois de tournage pour quatorze épisodes". Sud Ouest.fr. 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
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