La traque

What a coincidence that in this TV show speaking of the notorious Lyonnais gang, an authentic group of armed robbers, is starring Gerard Lanvin, as one of the gangsters. Considering that in 2011, Oliviier Marchal will direct LES LYONNAIS - the same story inspired from actual events -, starring the same Lanvin in the lead gangster role. This series describes very well what the police daily job is, as well as the professional robbers daily life is too. It may be seen as a sort of fiction documentary, very well donne, never boring, taut. And what amusing is this scene where Bruno Cremer's character, the cop in chief - commissaire - is eating with his family and watching on TV the Maigret show, starring Jean Richard. Cremer then says that his job is not like Maigret's one, it is more difficult. It is funnny, because one decade and a half later, Bruno Cremer will play Maigret for French TV industry.