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on 21 February 2016, on

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on 29 August 2016, and on

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in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada on 21 December 2016. Season 2 premiered in Belgium on 11 November 2018. On 9 February 2019, it was released on Netflix in the United States and many other countries.

Synopsis

Season 1

Police detective Yoann Peeters moves from

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with his daughter, Camille, to his home town, where the body of a young African

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player was pulled from the river. The death is originally thought to be a suicide, but Peeters suspects murder. In addition, there is corruption associated with gaining approval by farmers to sell their land to allow construction of a dam and reservoir.

Season 2

Jasmina Orban, the psychiatrist calls back Yoann Peeters to help her prove the innocence of one of her patients, Dany Bastin. Dany, a former convict, was working as a gardener for wealthy owner Astrid du Tilleul, who was found murdered in the swimming pool of her house.

Cast

Main

* Yoann Blanc as Detective Yoann Peeters *Jasmina Douieb as Jasmina Orban, the psychiatrist *Guillaume Kerbush as police inspector Sébastian Drummer *Tom Audenaert as René Verselt *Lara Hubinont as Marjorie *Jean-Henri Compère as Rudy Geeraerts *Sophie Breyer as Camille Peeters, Yoann's daughter *Sophie Maréchal as Zoé Fischer

Season 1

*Jérémy Zagba as Driss Assani, football player *

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as Inès Buisson *

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as Brigitte Fischer *Thomas Mustin as Kevin Fischer *

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as Lucien Rabet *Jean-Benoît Ugeux as Markus

Season 2

*Aurélien Caeyman as Dany Bastin, the suspect *Valérie Bauchau as Astrid du Tilleul, the victim *Karim Barras as Karim Briquet *Anne-Cécile Vandalem as Claudine, Astrid's sister *Vincent Lecuyer as Tino, Claudine's husband *

Achille Ridolfi Achille Ridolfi (born 15 June 1979) is a Belgian stage and film actor. He studied at the Institut Supérieur des Arts (INSAS) in Brussels and began working in theatre. His film and television credits include '' Erased'' (2012), '' In the Name of ...

as the lawyer

Episodes

Series 1 (2016)

Series 2 (2018)

Production

''La Trêve'' is produced by Helicotronc, in co-production with RTBF and Proximus. It received €1.18 million ($1.5 million) from the new Wallonie Brussels Federation-RTBF Fund for Belgian Series and the Wallimage Bruxellimage regional economic fund. The series is filmed in the Ardennes. It is the first French-language Belgian television crime drama.

Release

''La Trêve'' premiered on 21 February 2016 RTBF's

, and received an average audience share of 22.5%.

Music

Belgian band Balthazar's song "The Man Who Owns The Place" plays during the opening credits of each episode of the first season. The original score composed by Eloi Ragot is available on digital platforms.

International distribution

* (

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): Canvas – 8 October 2016 *:

– 29 August 2016 *:

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– 22 June 2016 * / / :

– 21 December 2016

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Break, The 2016 Belgian television series debuts French-language television programming in Belgium Television shows set in Belgium Serial drama television series Police procedural television series Neo-noir television series French-language Netflix original programming Belgian crime television series La Une original programming