This French TV drama focuses on Gabriel (Bruno Soto), a construction boss in a Brittany village, who learns that his wife Rebecca was killed in an automobile crash that was caused by her driving while intoxicated. Gabriel immediately realizes something is wrong with this story: Rebecca did not drink liquor. Plus, it seems illogical that her car would be stopped in the middle of the road while facing the wrong way. Gabriel begins to piece together odd elements of Rebecca’s behavior on the day of the crash, and he questions the strange actions by Rebecca’s closest friends in the aftermath of her death. While Soto’s performance is compelling and the series moves along at a brisk pace, the plotting strains credulity (the absurdly high level of homicidal mayhem and psychopathic hijinks in this village make the excessive small-town criminal shenanigans in Murder, She Wrote and Midsomer Murders seem like summertime in Mayberry by comparison). Compiling all six episodes from 2016, this is an optional purchase. (P. Hall)
The Accident
RLJ, 2 discs, 326 min., in French w/English subtitles, not rated, DVD: $39.99 Volume 33, Issue 4
The Accident
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