''Le Bleu de l'océan'' (''The blue of the ocean'') was a 2003 French television mini-series. In five episodes of 100 minutes and directed by
Didier Albert, it was originally broadcast on
TF1
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TF1 is par ...
from 2 July 2003 onwards and then repeated on
Gulli
Gulli (; stylised as gulli) is a French free-to-air television channel focused on kids programming for those aged 3 to 14. It was created as a result of a partnership between Lagardère Active and state-owned broadcaster France Télévisions. ...
in 2011.
Plot
Before dying, Talia's adoptive mother tells her that her birth mother was Ariane Delcourt, who was part of one of the most prominent families in
before her disappearance. Talia thus decides to look into the mysterious past but when she approaches the Delcourts she faces their pettiness, especially in her birth sister Mathilde, who nurses the worst intentions.
Cast
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Claire Borotra : Talia Vargas
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Alexandra Vandernoot
Alexandra Vandernoot (born 19 September 1965) is a Belgian actress.
Career
While having starred in a number of French films, she is known internationally as Tessa Noël, Duncan MacLeod's girlfriend, in the fantasy television series '' Highlande ...
: Mathilde Mallet, née Delcourt
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Bernard Verley
Bernard Verley (born 4 October 1939) is a French actor and producer.
Biography
Former student of les ''Beaux-Arts'' in Lille
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: Charles Delcourt
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Philippe Caroit : Clément Mallet
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Bruno Madinier
Bruno may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname
* Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880)
* Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, ...
: Paul Delcourt
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Mireille Darc
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: Patricia Delcourt
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Natacha Amal
Natacha Amal (born 4 September 1968) is a Belgian actress.
Personal life
Amal was born on 4 September 1968 to a Moroccan father and a Russian mother in Brussels, Belgium. She was married to Claude Rappe in 1997, but the couple divorced in 2007 ...
: Jeanne
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Jean-Michel Tinivelli : Marc Esteban
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Louise Monot
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: Julie Delcourt
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Anthony Dupray : Olivier Mallet-Delcourt
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Églantine Rembauville : Esther Mallet-Delcourt
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Jean-Marie Juan
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* Jean-Marie Abgrall (born 1950), a French psychiatrist, criminologist, specialist in forensic medicine, cult expert, and graduate in criminal law
* Jean-Marie C ...
: Lieutenant Morel
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Philippe du Janerand Philippe is a masculine sometimes feminin given name, cognate to Philip. It may refer to:
* Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present)
* Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
* Prince Philippe, Count o ...
: Etcheverry
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Yves Afonso
Yves Afonso (13 February 1944 – 21 January 2018) was a French actor. He was born in Saulieu in the Côte-d'Or ''département''. Since his uncredited debut in the movie '' Masculin, féminin'' in 1966, he had many roles, both in movies and o ...
: Henri Bonnat
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Jean-Pascal Lacoste
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Career
In 2001, he participated in the first edition of French TV reality show ''Star Academy'' ...
: José Feirrera
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Christian Abart
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: Maurice Hillau
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Camille Lafont-Rapnouil : Mathilde as a child
2000s French television miniseries
2000s French television series
2000s French drama television series
Comedy-drama television series
2003 French television series debuts
2003 French television series endings
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