French
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crime drama television series, created by Delinda Jacobs and directed by Julius Berg. It debuted 30 May 2017 on Belgian channel
La Une
La Une () is a Belgian national television channel, owned and operated by the French-language public-service broadcasting organization RTBF. La Une is the equivalent of Flemish station Eén, of the Flemish broadcaster VRT.
History
INR
Expe ...
and on 21 November on
France 3
France 3 () is a French free-to-air public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5 and France Info.
It is made up of a network of regional television services providing ...
. The series debuted on
Netflix
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internationally in July 2018.
Synopsis
Police investigate after a teenaged girl, Jennifer Lenoir, disappears in a forest in the
Ardennes
The Ardennes (french: Ardenne ; nl, Ardennen ; german: Ardennen; wa, Årdene ; lb, Ardennen ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Be ...
, France, and are assisted by her teacher, who had a traumatic experience in the same forest when she was young.
Cast
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Samuel Labarthe
Samuel Labarthe (born 16 May 1962) is a French-Swiss actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1985.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1962 births
Living people
French male film actors
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as Gaspard Decker, a new-in-town detective heading the investigation into Jennifer's disappearance
*
Suzanne Clément
Suzanne Clément (born 12 May 1969) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her work in Xavier Dolan's arthouse films ''I Killed My Mother'' (2009), ''Laurence Anyways'' (2012), and '' Mommy'' (2014).
With Emilie DeQuenne, she shared the Un Cert ...
as Virginie Musso, a locally raised law enforcement officer investigating Jennifer's disappearance; wife of Vincent and adoptive parent of Maya.
*
Alexia Barlier
Alexia Barlier (born 21 December 1982) is a French actress.
Life and career
Barlier was born to a mother from New Zealand who worked as a classical dancer and yoga teacher. Her father ran art galleries. She was brought up in both the French an ...
as Ève Mendel, an eccentric teacher concerned by Jennifer's disappearance; adopted daughter of Abraham
*
Frédéric Diefenthal
Frédéric Diefenthal (born 26 July 1968 in Saint-Mandé) is a French actor and director.
Biography
Diefenthal grew up in Saint-Puy in southwestern France. He is Jewish. Prior to acting, Diefenthal pursued apprenticeships in the hotel industry ...
as Vincent Musso, Virginie's husband and Maya's adoptive parent who's having a secret sexual affair with Jennifer
*
Patrick Ridremont
Patrick Ridremont (born 9 August 1967) is a Belgian comedian and actor. He was born in Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Personal life
Ridremont has three daughters with Arielle Harcq. He was married ...
as Thierry Rouget, an alcoholic ex-convict responsible for the arson of Mendel's home killing Abraham's wife, Marie, and son, Nathan; father of Ocèane
*
Nicolas Marié
Nicolas Marié is a French actor and writer.
Theater
Filmography
Dubbing
References
External links
*
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French male film actors
Living people
20th-century French male actors
21st-century Frenc ...
as Gilles Lopez, the principal at the highschool the girls attend
* Martha Canga Antonio as Maya Musso, Virginie and Vincent's adopted daughter who had a feud with Jennifer before she disappeared
* François Neycken as Julien
* as Philippe
* Mélusine Loveniers as Lola Decker, Gaspard's daughter
* as Dr Abraham Mendel, Eve's adopted father
* Inès Bally as Océane Rouget, Thierry's daughter who eventually also goes missing
* Isis Guillaume as Jennifer Lenoir, a sixteen-year-old girl who's disappearance instigates an investigation
* Gaëtan Lejeune as Manoa Willem, a wildman living in the forest; abused as a child
*
Anne-Pascale Clairembourg
Anne-Pascale Clairembourg (born 3 April 1975) is a Belgian stage and film actress.
Career
Clairembourg became interested in acting at early age and enrolled the Institute of Arts in Brussels, where she graduated in 2000. She then began working ...
as Audrey Rinkert
Episodes
Production
''The Forest'' was shot mostly in the Belgian region of
Wallonia
Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...
around
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, as well as
Dinant
Dinant () is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Namur Province, province of Namur, Belgium. On the shores of river Meuse, in the Ardennes, it lies south-east of Brussels, south ...
,
Namur
Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration.
Namu ...
,
Rixensart
Rixensart (; wa, Ricsinsåt) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2018, Rixensart had a total population of 22,401. The total area is 17.54 km² which gives a population density of 1 ...
and
Court-Saint-Étienne
Court-Saint-Étienne (; wa, Coû-Sint-Stiene) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On 1 January 2006 Court-Saint-Étienne had a total population of 9,408. The total area is which gives a population ...
. Filming also took place in France in the
Ardennes
The Ardennes (french: Ardenne ; nl, Ardennen ; german: Ardennen; wa, Årdene ; lb, Ardennen ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Be ...
, particularly around the River
Meuse
The Meuse ( , , , ; wa, Moûze ) or Maas ( , ; li, Maos or ) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a t ...
and communes of
Haybes
Haybes () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Ardennes department
The following is a list of the 449 communes of the Ardennes department of France.
The communes cooperate in ...
and
Fumay
Fumay () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France, very close to the Belgian border. The engineer Charles-Hippolyte de Paravey was born in Fumay.
Geography
It is situated in the Meuse valley, the main part of the town being ...
. The final sequence was shot in
Bray-Dunes
Bray-Dunes (; vls, Bray-Duunn) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is situated on the Belgian border, with Adinkerke being the closest Belgian town. It is the northernmost commune and the northernmost point in all of Fran ...