Following a first crossover in 2016, Mongeville and Commissaire Magellan, two of the star sleuths of French pubcaster France 3, teamed up again for a case aired on Saturday, May 5.
The bottom line: Un juge, un flic.
« Ah, parce que vous êtes de la même famille?
- Oui, par alliance. »
The crossover used to be a "rare bird" in the History of French television fiction: the sitcoms produced for TF1 by AB Productions in the 1990s, an encounter between crime drama PJ (1997-2009) and legal drama Avocats et Associés (1998-2010) on France 2 in 2007 and then nothing until 2016 with Magellan et Mongeville. Created by Laurent Mondy, Commissaire Magellan started on France 3 in 2009. Produced by JLA Productions and set in the fictional town of Saignac (in the north of France), it stars Jacques Spiesser as Commissaire Simon Magellan. Launched in 2013, Mongeville is a production from Son & Lumière created by Jacques Santamaria and starring Francis Perrin as Antoine Mongeville. Mongeville is a retired juge d'instruction who regularly assists police captain Valentine Duteil (Gaëlle Bona) in Bordeaux.
The two series, very well done, are part of the popular French detective/crime drama line-up of France 3. In Magellan et Mongeville, written by Céline Guyot & Martin Guyot and directed by Étienne Dhaene, Commissaire Magellan investigated a deadly hit-and-run involving a former protégé of Mongeville. This most pleasant special episode caught 4.508.000 viewers (19.8%), enough to greenlight the "return match" promised by its ending (« À bientôt. ») Mongeville et Magellan: Un amour de jeunesse brings Magellan on ex-judge Mongeville's territory. Wealthy art collector François Darcy is stabbed to death and a precious painting is stolen. Delphine Lindberg, the commissioner of his exhibition, vanishes after asking old acquaintances Simon Magellan and Antoine Mongeville to meet her in Bordeaux.
« Et merde.
- Excellent résumé. »
Mongeville and Magellan bump into Delphine's daughter Sara. Both Simon and Antoine loved Delphine with passion when they were law students and they want to prove her innocence to the Lestrade-esque Commissaire Briare. Capitaine Duteil is on holidays, so only Lieutenant Stéphane can help them. An unknown Modigliani, Bartolini (not Balotelli) and secret love stories are some of the ingredients of this new reunion of "Les deux M". Astutely built around the character of Delphine, mentioned in the first crossover, the script is classic and sometimes predictable. Nevertheless, it does the job by giving the duo an excellent material valued by the chemistry between Francis Perrin and Jacques Spiesser (1). Filmed between November and December 2017 in Bordeaux and its region, Mongeville et Magellan: Un amour de jeunesse is punctuated with the mandatory "office du tourisme" drone shots.
« Contentieux fiscal. Ca fait rêver... C'est comme la limonade bio. »
Élisa Servier, who plays Delphine, and Francis Perrin starred in the 1988 sitcom Loft Story. "Monsieur Darcy" is played by François-Eric Gendron. Pierre Aussedat (Commissaire Briare) and Jean-Philippe Lachaud (Lieutenant Stéphane) are Mongeville regulars. Also with Florence Coste (Sara Lindberg), Nathalie Villeneuve (Mathilde), Hubert Roulleau (Paul), Max Geller (Christian), Mathieu Ehrard (Hervé), etc. Written by Céline Guyot and Martin Guyot. Directed by Emmanuel Rigaut. Co-produced by Son & Lumière and JLA Productions with the participation of France Télévisions. Bernard Paccalet (JLA Productions) exec produces. Produced by Daniel Dubois (Son & Lumière) and Richard Berkowitz (JLA Productions).
Frédéric Sobczak is the production manager for Son & Lumière. Music composed by Philippe Kelly. Cinematography by Philippe Pavans de Ceccatty. Editing by Hughes Orduna. Mongeville et Magellan: Un amour de jeunesse attracted 4.195.000 viewers (20.6%) and ranked #2 vs The Voice on TF1. The success of the first crossover between Commissaire Magellan and Mongeville in 2016 inspired TF1 to commission the crossover between its long-running comedy/drama Joséphine, ange gardien (launched in 1997) and the comedy hit Camping Paradis (aired since 2006) (2). A repeat of Magellan et Mongeville on Saturday, May 12 was watched by 3.666.000 viewers (16.2%).
« S'il craque pas c'est quoi le plan B?
- On l'enmène dans ta cave. On lui fout des baffes jusqu'à ce qu'il dise la vérité. »
(1) Francis Perrin and Jacques Spiesser played together in the film La gifle (1974).
(2) https://vl-media.fr/jean-luc-azoulay-richard-berkowitz-jla-productions-loi-series-182/
Amandine Attard contributed to this review.
See also:
https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/11/watched-last-week.html (Magellan et Mongeville)
https://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2018/03/josephine-ange-gardien-trois-campeurs.html (Joséphine, ange gardien/Camping Paradis)
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