TV5MONDE Kicks Off Summer Lineup With Variety of Crime Dramas

French movie lovers get ready as TV5MONDE USA is kicking off its summer lineup with a variety of powerful crime dramas! THE LINEUP includes: Le viol(starring César award-winning actress Romane Bohringer and Oscar award-winning actor Sam Karmann), Les crimes silencieux (starring César nominated actors Richard Berry and Valérie Kaprisky) and Crime dans les alpilles (starring César nominated actress Florence Pernel). All of these programs and more of TV5MONDE USA's films, TV series and specials are now available for viewers to live stream on Sling TV and Comcast Xfinity X1 and the Xfinity Stream TV app and portal on mobile devices, computers, and Roku devices in the home. Please see a complete list of TV5MONDE USA's July premieres and finales below.

Premieres:

TV Films:

Méfions-nous des honnêtes gens! - (Let us beware of honest people!) (English ST)

(Comedy, 2014. Film)

Airs July 6th at 8:30 pm ET/5:30 pm PT

In 1936, during the Popular Front, Milou, a young boxer, discovers France's haute bourgeoisie via his mentor, Johnny, a friend of the Ancelot family. Quickly accepted by them, Milou becomes the lover of Mariette Ancelot and Christine Lasquin, from a leading business family. He soon abandons boxing to take up writing. Comedy stars César award-winning actor Thierry Frémont and César nominated actress Marie Bunel.

Finales:

TV Series:

À livre ouvert, Season 1 - (A Open Book) (English ST)

(Drama, 2014. TV Series)

Michèle Favrod is excited to be taking over for her ex-boss as manager of a local library. However, she quickly becomes disheartened due to the ageing buildings, falling visitor numbers and issues concerning the acquisition of rare books.

Episode 5- Airs July 10th at 11:00 pm ET/8:00 pm PT

The library is threatened with closure due to unsanitary conditions. The bookseller Jacques Dutoit surfaces once again. He's behind the library's problems and blackmails Édouard...

Episode 6- Airs July 10th at 11:49 pm ET/8:49 pm PT

Michèle's determined to save the library, now facing demolition. Meanwhile, Bruno is prepared to sacrifice himself to prove the innocence of the woman he loves. Édouard is in a tight spot, but luck seems to be on his side.

Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie -(The small murders of Agatha Christie) (English ST)

(Drama, 2009. TV Series)

Set in the 1950's against a backdrop of women's glamour and emancipation, these television adaptations of Agatha Christie's beloved novels feature the investigations of Commissioner Swan Laurence and the curious and intrepid journalist Alice Avril.

L'Homme au complet marron-Airs July 23rd at 3:17 am ET/12:17 am PT

Top-secret microfilms are stolen during a Russian ballet performance at Lille Opera. Aware that the troupe includes Soviet spies, the French Secret Service calls in Swan Laurence. He becomes the opera's new secretary, Brigitte.

Le miroir se brisa-Airs July 24th at 3:00 am ET/12:00 am PT

The famous actress Blanche Dulac narrowly escapes a murder attempt on her film set. With a depressed Swan Laurence turning to drugs after the death of Dr Maillol, the love of his life, Alice and Marlène go undercover and join the film crew.

Crimes haute couture- Airs July 25th at 3:08 am ET/12:08 am PT

Patricia, a designer's assistant at a leading Paris fashion house, is fragile and unstable. So, when she confesses to a murder, Swan Laurence suspects she's been manipulated. Alice, working undercover at the firm, is outraged at their working conditions and starts a strike just before a major fashion parade...

TV Films:

Le viol - (The rape) (English ST)

(Drama, 2017. Film)

Airs July 10th at 3:29 am ET/12:29 am PT

On August 21, 1972, two Belgian tourists, Nicole and Malia, are savagely attacked and raped by three men in Marseille. Their attackers claim that the women consented and are allowed to remain free. Though their friends and family advise them to forget the ordeal, Nicole and Malia instead decide to fight. Helped by their lawyer, Gisèle Halimi, they request that the attackers be judged at the assize court. Drama stars César nominated actors Stéphane Rideau, Clotilde Courau, Hippolyte Girardot, César award-winning actress Romane Bohringer and Oscar award-winning actor Sam Karmann.

Les crimes silencieux - (Silent Crimes) (English ST)

(Crime, 2017. Film)

Airs July 12th at 3:08 am ET/12:08 am PT

In the early part of the 20th century, many lives were lost in the mining industry in northern France. The memory of the catastrophe in Courrières in 1906, the worst in Europe, still haunts the region. And this painful past resurfaces due to a series of strange crimes. Crime drama stars César nominated actors Richard Berry and Valérie Kaprisky.

Crime dans les alpilles - (Murder in Maussane) (English ST)

(Crime, 2017. Film)

Airs July 17th at 2:44 am ET/11:44 pm PT

In a Provencal village, a mill owner's wife is murdered. It soon becomes clear that the oil-producing sector is controlled by a handful of families who are in ruthless competition, stopping at nothing to further their own interests or get revenge. But could they go as far as murder? Crime drama stars César nominated actress Florence Pernel.

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