After Brigade Anonyme, M6 gives Eric Cantona another chance in Murder Club, a detective series between suspense and comedy, for an offbeat cocktail.
Attention fans of detective series! M6 wanted to hit hard in October 2024 with the series Murder Cluban original creation of the channel. This mini-series in four episodes of 52 minutes each was scheduled from Tuesday October 29, at 9:10 p.m. And the channel is once again calling on former footballer Eric Cantona for one of the main roles.
After trying his luck in a much more dramatic register last March, with Anonymous Brigadewhere he played a desperate father ready to do anything to find his missing daughter, Cantona returns to M6 in a very different role. In Murder Clubhe plays Daniel Hansen, a renowned expert on serial killers. But this formerly very media profiler made a mistake that cost him dearly in the past.
Her path will cross that of Amélia Delcourt, a young Crime cop played for her part by Tiphaine Daviot (revealed in HP on OCS). The latter was also ostracized from her unit after a blunder during an operation aimed at capturing a dangerous serial killer, nicknamed Shakespeare. This unlikely duo will take up the investigation clandestinely following the worrying disappearance of a 17-year-old girl.
Eric Cantona changes register in Murder Club
Created by Nathalie Hug and Jérôme Camut, directed by Renaud Bertrand, Murder Club was presented as one of the most promising French original series for the 2024 school year. The tasty script is by Ami Cohen and Hélène Lombard. Alongside the central duo composed of Eric Cantona and Tiphaine Daviot, crowned best actress at the Séries Mania festival for this role, we find in Murder Club a gallery of tasty supporting roles. Catherine Hosmalin (Clem), Arielle Dombasle and Vinnie Dargaud (Scènes de households) complete this eclectic cast.
The tone of Murder Club thus promises to be decidedly different from Anonymous Brigade. Gone is the poignant drama and the furrowed eyebrows of Eric Cantona as an implacable father. Make way for a punchy police comedy mixed with British humor, with an unconventional Cantona, who has become a hairy and whimsical profiler. Between police intrigue and buddy movie, the M6 series tries to play with codes for an offbeat, sometimes exhilarating result, even if it can often hit the mark.
Unconditional fans of Eric Cantona, who has a series of exciting projects on television and in the cinema, will be in heaven. Just like fans of clever and rhythmic police comedies. For others, refrain.