"P.J." (1997) TV series 1997-????

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Creators:

Frédéric Krivine
Michelle Podroznik

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15

Release Date:

12 September 1997 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Police Station | Police Detective | Policewoman | Policeman | Police Officer

Cast

Charles Schneider	...	Bernard Léonetti (131 episodes, 1997-2009)
Valérie Bagnou-Beido	...	Nadine Lemercier / ... (125 episodes, 1997-2009)
Raphaëlle Lubansu	...	Chloé Mathieu / ... (112 episodes, 1999-2009)
Marc Betton	...	Commissaire Henri Meurteaux / ... (101 episodes, 1997-2009)
Bruno Wolkowitch	...	Vincent Fournier / ... (97 episodes, 1997-2009)
Emmanuelle Bach	...	Agathe Monnier / ... (94 episodes, 2000-2008)
El Driss	...	Karim (66 episodes, 2002-2009)
Thierry Desroses	...	Alain Porret (66 episodes, 1999-2006)
Jalil Naciri	...	Rayann Bakir / ... (56 episodes, 2002-2009)

Also Known As:

C.I.D. (International: English title)
P.J.: Police judiciaire (France) (alternative title)

Runtime:

52 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Telfrance

One of the best French police TV series.

PJ means `Police judiciaire', that means Judicial police. It is a police unit in the heart of Paris, and there is a familial ambient which is remarkable. This unity works well, and often is because anyone here is in this unit like a family. There is Meurteaux (M. Betton), who is the old chief of the unit, like the father of everyone, then Fournier (B. Wolkowitch) an excellent policeman, but who has been shot by gangsters, that's why he can be rude sometimes, Lamougie (G. Cramoisan), who is not appreciated from everybody because he has been accused of sexual violence on young children who were manipulated, Léonetti (C. Schneider), who has loving problem, he wins 3 millions at lottery and he losts it, he 's a strong man but sometimes stupid. There is also Porret (T. Desroses), who doesn't agree with the chief Meurtaux, and will leave the unit soon, Chloé (R. Lubansu), is a young policewoman, a little naive but intelligent.

Moreover, this series is realistic and the police unit has to manage with nowadays' problems in French society, but those problems can be found in every occidental society : delinquency, sexual violence, mafias, drugs dealers, alcoholism, conjugal violence, hit-and-run drivers, immigration.

In this series, every episode follows the previous one, and we can see the unit's work, but also the life in this unit. Unfortunately, this series isn't much diffused out of France.