Dolmen is a French TV miniseries, consisting of six 90 minutes-long episodes, and starring Ingrid Chauvin. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes Ingrid Chauvin (born October 3 1973 in Argenteuil) is a French actress, known for her roles on the Miniseries It was written by Nicole Jamet and Marie-Anne Le Pezennec, and broadcast for the first time between June 13 and July 18, 2005 on TF1. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. for the motorway in Tenerife Spain see TF1 Motorway, for the WWI aircraft Sopwith Camel#(Trench Fighter T
Synopsis
The story is set in the island of Ty Kern (which is, in real life, Belle-Île-en-Mer), an island off the coast of Brittany. Belle-Île or Belle-Île-en-Mer ( ar Gerveur in Modern Breton)— Guedel in Old Breton—is a French Island off the Brittany (Breizh bʁejs Bretagne; Gallo: Bertaèyn) is a former independent Celtic kingdom and Duchy, now incorporated into Marie, a young police lieutenant, returns to her home island to marry her childhood love, Christian Bréhat. In Ty Kern, four families are connected by ancient rivalries and secrets: the Kersaint, the Le Bihan, the Pérec and the Kermeur. But on the day before the wedding of Marie and Christian, strange events begin to happen. The bloody corpse of a seagull is brought in by the tide, Marie is assaulted by strange nightmares during the night, her brother Gildas is found dead, and the town's dolmens begin to bleed. A dolmen (also known as cromlech, anta, Hünengrab, Hunebed, Goindol, quoit, and portal dolmen) is a type of
Aided by an inspector from the mainland, Lucas Fersen, Marie decides to clarify these strange phenomena. It is now that a series of deaths begin.
Cast and characters
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Kermeur family
- Ingrid Chauvin : Marie, police lieutenant at Brest
- Jean-Louis Foulquier : Millic, Marie's father (later known not to be so)
- Martine Sarcey : Jeanne, Marie's the mother (later known not to be so)
- Manuel Gélin : Loïc, Marie's brother
- Luc Thuiller : Gildas, Marie's other brother
- Tom Hygreck : Nicolas, Loïc's son
Pérec family
- Marc Rioufol : Yves, medical doctor and mayor
- Catherine Wilkening : Chantal, Yves' wife
- Lizzie Brocheré : Aude, their daughter
Kersaint family
- Georges Wilson : Arthus, castellan
- Hippolyte Girardot : Pierre-Marie (often shortened PM), Arthus' son
- Yves Rénier : Erwan de Kersaint, his other son and Marie's real father (both secrets later to be revealed)
- Laure Killing : Armelle, Pierre-Marie's wife
- Emilie de Preissac : Juliette, the daughter of Pierre-Marie and Armelle
Le Bihan family
- Nicole Croisille : Yvonne, business owner (a faïencerie)
- Micky Sébastian : Gwenaëlle (often shortened Gwen), her daughter
- Didier Bienaimé : Philippe, Gwenaëlle's husband
- Thomas de Sambi : Ronan, the son of Gwenaëlle and Philippe
- Chick Ortega : Pierric, Yvonne's haindicapped son
Other characters
- Xavier Deluc : Christian Bréhat, famous skipper, Marie Kermeur's fiancé
- Brigitte Froment : Anne Bréhat, Christian's sister, owns a café at Ty Kern
- Bruno Madinier : Lucas Fersen, police commandant
- Yves Rénier : Patrick Ryan (fake identity adopted by Erwan de Kersaint), Irish novelist
- Richaud Valls : Stéphane Morineau, chief-marshall of Informatics of the Gendarmerie
Technical details
Filming places
- Port of Ty Kern : port of Sauzon, Belle-Île-en-Mer. Ingrid Chauvin (born October 3 1973 in Argenteuil) is a French actress, known for her roles on the Miniseries Lieutenant (abbreviated Lt or Lieut) is a Military, Naval, Paramilitary, Fire service, Emergency medical services Brest (bʁɛst in French, in Breton) is a city in the Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern France. A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government A castellan was the Governor or caretaker of a Castle or Keep. For the architectural material see Glazed architectural terra-cotta. A skipper is a person who has Command of a Boat or Ship, more or less equivalent to " captain. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE-ROMEOS*************** Commandant (pronounced /'cɒmʊndɑnt/ or /'cɒmʊndænt/ COM-un-dahnt, -dant is a military or police title or rank Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Informatics is the science of Information, the practice of Information processing, and the engineering of Information systems. A gendarmerie or gendarmery (dʒɛnˈdɑrməriː or /ˌʒɑndɑrməˈriː/ after the French is a Military body charged with Police duties among civilian A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television Filmmaking is the process of making a Film, from an initial story idea or commission through scriptwriting shooting editing and finally distribution to an audience ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo Belle-Île or Belle-Île-en-Mer ( ar Gerveur in Modern Breton)— Guedel in Old Breton—is a French Island off the
- Faïencerie Le Bihan : the faïencerie HB-Henriot, Quimper. For the architectural material see Glazed architectural terra-cotta. Quimper ( Breton: Kemper, Latin: Corspotium) is a commune and capital of the Finistère department in
- The lighthouse : the lighthouse of the Kermorvan peninsula, at Conquet. A peninsula is a piece of land that is nearly surrounded by Water but connected to Mainland via an Isthmus. The arrondissement of Brest is an arrondissement of France located in the Finistère département, in the Bretagne
- Site de Guénoc (English: Guénoc place—the bleeding menhirs) : built with concrete on a metallic structure, on the Kermorvan peninsula, near the lighthouse. Concrete is a construction material composed of Cement (commonly Portland cement) as well as other cementitious materials such as Fly ash and Slag
- Château des Kersaint (the castle of the Kersaint family) : Château de Kerouartz, in Lannilis. The arrondissement of Brest is an arrondissement of France located in the Finistère département, in the Bretagne It is an early 17th century mansion, where a woman was, in fact, murdered. A mansion is a large dwelling House. The word itself derives (through Old French) from the Latin word mansus (the perfect passive participle Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries
Broadcast information
- The first episode was viewed by approximately 12. 1 million viewers (48. 8% share)
- The second episode was viewed by approximately 11. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television 4 million viewers (48. 7% share)
- The third episode was viewed by approximately 11. 6 million viewers (50. 5% share)
- The fourth episode was viewed by approximately 12. 1 million viewers (49. 1% share) — the best French audience in 2005
- The fifth episode was viewed by approximately 11. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 9 million viewers (51. 1% share)
- The sixth and final episode was viewed by 12. 88 million viewers (53. 1% share)
International broadcast
- Basque Country: ETB2, October 2006- November 2006
- Belgium: RTL TVI, June 2005–July 2005
- Germany: RTL 2, November 2006
- Hungary: RTL Klub, 2006 summer
- Italy: Rete 4, August 2006–September 2006
- Portugal: RTP1, August 2006
- Switzerland: TSR, June 2005–July 2005
- Poland: TVP 1, February 2006
- Russia: TV3, May 2007
- Finland: MTV3, June 2007 - August 2007
- Slovenia: POP TV, July 2007 - August 2007
- Portugal: RTP1, December 2007
- Czech Republic: TV Nova, January 2008
- Catalunya: TV3, January 2008
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