Sambre - Anatomy of a Crime
Sambre - Anatomy of a Crime is a 2023 French-Belgian true crime television film miniseries directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and starring Alix Poisson, Jonathan Turnbull and others including Clémence Poésy.
Premise
Sambre is a TV drama based on the French judicial system's failure to prevent serial rapist 30-year reign of terror from 1988-2018 on dawn roads near the River Sambre on both sides of the French/Belgian border.Cast
- Alix Poisson as Christine Labot, the first victim.
- Jonathan Turnbull as Enzo Salina, the rapist.
- Julien Frison as Jean-Pierre Blanchot, the policeman.
- Pauline Parigot as Irène Dereux, the judge.
- Noémie Lvovsky as Arlette Caruso, the mayor.
- Clémence Poésy as Cécile Dumont, the scientist.
- Olivier Gourmet as Étienne Winckler, the police commander.
- Louise Orry-Diquéro as Stéphanie Salina, Enzo's wife.
Episodes
- Christine
- Irène
- Arlette
- Cécile
- Winckler
- ''Enzo ''
Production
The six-part series is directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and adapted from the true-crime book Sambre, radioscopie d'un fait divers by French journalist Alice Géraud. Lestrade previously directed the documentary series The Staircase which was at the frontier of the new televisual true crime wave, and each episode of Sambre is end-credited as “fiction, inspired by real events” and "intended to pay tribute to the victims". The script was written by Alice Géraud and Marc Herpoux.The series is produced by What’s Up Films and Federation Studios in co-production with Versus Production. It was originally commissioned by France Televisions. Episodes of the series are told chronologically but each with a focus on the involvement of a new central character until the last episode focuses on the rapist's capture and confession.
The cast is led by Alix Poisson, Jonathan Turnbull and Julien Frison throughout, and augmented by Noémie Lvovsky, Pauline Parigot, Clémence Poésy and Olivier Gourmet in individual episodes.