
Witnesses
Seen it?2015 | 2 seasons | 52 min | Mystery, Crime
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a small audience and a quick end and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- 2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, episodes of about 52 minutes, about 12 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Witnesses (French: Les Témoins) is a French police procedural television series, created by Marc Herpoux and Hervé Hadmar. In the first season, police detectives Sandra Winckler and Justin investigate when bodies of murder victims are unearthed and left for discovery in the show homes of a housing developer. Former chief-of-police, Paul Maisonneuve, is implicated. In the second season, Sandra and Justin find themselves on the trail of a serial killer whose modus operandi is to murder all former lovers of his kidnap victims.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Ran for 2 seasons and reached a small audience so far; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Monday Morning Maybe. Here's how each season stacks up.
- Season 12015 · 6 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 2- A Frozen Death2017 · 8 episodesNot rated yet
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Cast & crew
Created by Hervé Hadmar, Marc Herpoux
- Marie DompnierSandra Winckler
- Jan HammeneckerJustin
- Judith HenryMaxine
- Audrey FleurotCatherine Keemer
- Steve DriesenOliver Keemer
- Anne BenoîtChristiane Varène