Adrian Monk (Monk) and Jasper Teerlinck (Professor T.) have a new cousin: César Wagner, a detective who fears illness but isn't afraid of a bad TV movie.
The bottom line: The title says it all (1).
The decomposing body of a doctor who just came back from Congo has been discovered in his overheated home. Recently appointed in Strasbourg, police Captain César Wagner first thinks that it's a case of Ebola. Without examining the house, he returns to his car where he guesses what really killed the man. Dr. Élise Beaumont, the pathologist, later confirms to Wagner that he was right.
Babacar Sy, a young football rising star, dies while playing an important match. Professor Stern, Beaumont's boss, concludes that a left ventricular hypertrophy provoked a cardiac arrest so the cause of his death is natural. Élise openly challenges her opinion and César notices something strange. France Télévisions, the biggest police station of the French television industry, welcomes another eccentric/troubled detective with César Wagner.
Gil Alma, best known for the short sitcom Nos chers voisins (2012-2017), stars in the title role of this 90-minute film produced for France 2. Olivia Côte (Scènes de ménages, Vous les femmes) co-stars as Dr. Élise Beaumont. César Wagner is as bad as its title lets it presume ("Caligula Beethoven" or "Claudius Mozart" were probably unavailable). The terrible pre-credits sequence is basically a heavy demo for a possible series and the rest isn't better.
The nosophobic and hypochondriac captain teams up with the maverick pathologist to start an unofficial investigation, against his chief and his colleagues but also against the town hall. The mayor of Strasbourg is none other than... César Wagner's mother. César wanted to be a footballer when he was younger, which exempts him from reading the Scott Manson novels by the late Philip Kerr.
The supremely charismatic Samuel Labarthe (Agatha Christie's Criminal Games) guest stars as Christian Haas, the president of the football club and a close friend of the mayor. Fanny Cottençon plays Marie-Ange Wagner. Written by Éric Vérat and Sébastien Paris. Directed by Antoine Garceau. Produced by Incognita. Co-produced by France Télévisions, Be Films and RTBF (Télévision belge), with the participation of RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse).
Produced by Édouard de Vésinne (Taken). Frédéric Bruneel (Taxi Brooklin) exec produces. David Amselem and Alexia de Beauvoir are the associate producers. Ludovic Eyrolle is the production manager. Music composed by Maïdi Roth and Franck Pilant (Crimes parfaits). Cinematography by Philippe Guilbert. Editing by Vincent Zuffranieri. Filmed with the support of Strasbourg Eurométropole and La Région Grand-Est.
Also with Coralie Russier (Léa Saskevitch), Soufiane Guerrab (Farid Belladj), Joséphine de Meaux (Frédérique Koehler), Étienne Diallo (Grégoire Rollot), Marilyne Canto (Professor Joséphine Stern), Éric Savin (Luc Thomassot), Pierre Raby (Christophe Mondénian), Antonia de Rendinger (Philomène Fischer), etc. César Wagner will premiere on France 2 this friday.
(1) Yes, we know we used it last month.
https://www.francetvpro.fr/france-2/communiques-de-presse/cesar-wagner-33792793
https://www.dna.fr/edition-de-strasbourg/2019/07/16/un-film-de-fiction-en-tournage-a-strasbourg
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