Maigret

Maigret (2022)

In Paris, a young girl is found dead in a Parisian square, wearing an evening dress. Commissioner Maigret will try to identify her and then understand what happened to the victim.

Date of release
2022-02-23
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (294)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Mystery, Drama
Director
Patrice Leconte

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Maigret and the Dead Girl

Maigret is a 2022 French-Belgian crime drama film directed by Patrice Leconte. It is an adaptation of the novel Maigret et la jeune morte by Georges Simenon, published in 1954 and featuring the police detective Jules Maigret. The novel was previously adapted as a television film in 1973 with Jean Richard in the role of Maigret. The film was first released in France on 23 February 2022.

Production

The project was first announced by director-screenwriter Patrice Leconte in March 2019, under the title Maigret et la jeune morte, an adaptation of the Georges Simenon novel of the same name. In November 2020, Leconte revealed that he wanted to make a film "different from the other" films featuring Simenon's fictional commissaire Jules Maigret. Leconte added, "There has not been a Maigret in theaters since 1958, with Jean Gabin."

In September 2021, a poster revealed the title to be simply Maigret. Patrice Leconte explained, "The film is just called Maigret [...]. As if we were saying here, our own Maigret is just that, it's Depardieu."

A third of the film was shot in the studio. However, Leconte did not want to give the impression of an "old-fashioned" Maigret. On the contrary, Leconte wanted to "absolutely avoid" replicating the Maigret television series starring Bruno Cremer. Leconte explained, "Sometimes external – the pipe, the hat – we wanted an intimate Maigret, driven by complex feelings, a view of the world. So modern."

Daniel Auteuil was originally cast in the title role but withdrew. In July 2019, it was announced that Gérard Depardieu would replace Auteuil. This was Depardieu's first collaboration with director Patrice Leconte, after several unrealized projects. In November 2020, Leconte said, "We had already come close, but when things need to get done, they get done. [...] I didn't know it, but Gérard Depardieu adores Simenon, he will be fantastic."

The film features the final performance of actor André Wilms, who died on 9 February 2022, two weeks before the film's release.

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