Dolmen (TV miniseries)

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Dolmen is a French TV miniseries, consisting of six 90 minutes-long episodes, and starring Ingrid Chauvin. It was written by Nicole Jamet and Marie-Anne Le Pezennec, and broadcast for the first time between June 13 and July 18, 2005 on TF1.

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[edit] Synopsis

The story is set in the island of Ty Kern (which is, in real life, Belle-Île-en-Mer), an island off the coast of Brittany. Marie, a young police lieutenant, returns to her home island to marry her childhood love, Christian Bréhat. In Ty Kern, four families are connected by ancient rivalries and secrets: the Kersaint, the Le Bihan, the Pérec and the Kermeur. But on the day before the wedding of Marie and Christian, strange events begin to happen. The bloody corpse of a seagull is brought in by the tide, Marie is assaulted by strange nightmares during the night, her brother Gildas is found dead, and the town's dolmens begin to bleed.

Aided by an inspector from the mainland, Lucas Fersen, Marie decides to clarify these strange phenomena. It is now that a series of deaths begin.

[edit] Cast and characters

Family tree
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 vieux Pérec
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Yves
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Aude
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Chantal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Anne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Christian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Marie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Gildas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Millic
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Jeanne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nicolas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Loïc
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Yvon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Yannick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hervé
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pierric
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Yvonne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Gwenaëlle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ronan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Philippe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unborn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Armelle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Juliette
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Arthus
 
 
 
 Pierre-Marie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Erwan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sean
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Tom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Kermeur family

  • Ingrid Chauvin : Marie, police lieutenant at Brest
  • Jean-Louis Foulquier : Millic, Marie's father (later known not to be so)
  • Martine Sarcey : Jeanne, Marie's the mother (later known not to be so)
  • Manuel Gélin : Loïc, Marie's brother
  • Luc Thuiller : Gildas, Marie's other brother
  • Tom Hygreck : Nicolas, Loïc's son

[edit] Pérec family

  • Marc Rioufol : Yves, medical doctor and mayor
  • Catherine Wilkening : Chantal, Yves' wife
  • Lizzie Brocheré : Aude, their daughter

[edit] Kersaint family

  • Georges Wilson : Arthus, castellan
  • Hippolyte Girardot : Pierre-Marie (often shortened PM), Arthus' son
  • Yves Rénier : Erwan de Kersaint, his other son and Marie's real father (both secrets later to be revealed)
  • Laure Killing : Armelle, Pierre-Marie's wife
  • Emilie de Preissac : Juliette, the daughter of Pierre-Marie and Armelle

[edit] Le Bihan family

  • Nicole Croisille : Yvonne, business owner (a faïencerie)
  • Micky Sébastian : Gwenaëlle (often shortened Gwen), her daughter
  • Didier Bienaimé : Philippe, Gwenaëlle's husband
  • Thomas de Sambi : Ronan, the son of Gwenaëlle and Philippe
  • Chick Ortega : Pierric, Yvonne's haindicapped son

[edit] Other characters

  • Xavier Deluc : Christian Bréhat, famous skipper, Marie Kermeur's fiancé
  • Brigitte Froment : Anne Bréhat, Christian's sister, owns a café at Ty Kern
  • Bruno Madinier : Lucas Fersen, police commandant
  • Yves Rénier : Patrick Ryan (fake identity adopted by Erwan de Kersaint), Irish novelist
  • Richaud Valls : Stéphane Morineau, chief-marshall of Informatics of the Gendarmerie


[edit] Technical details

[edit] Filming places

  • Port of Ty Kern : port of Sauzon, Belle-Île-en-Mer.
  • Faïencerie Le Bihan : the faïencerie HB-Henriot, Quimper.
  • The lighthouse : the lighthouse of the Kermorvan peninsula, at Conquet.
  • Site de Guénoc (English: Guénoc place—the bleeding menhirs) : built with concrete on a metallic structure, on the Kermorvan peninsula, near the lighthouse.
  • Château des Kersaint (the castle of the Kersaint family) : Château de Kerouartz, in Lannilis. It is an early 17th century mansion, where a woman was, in fact, murdered.

[edit] Broadcast information

  • The first episode was viewed by approximately 12.1 million viewers (48.8% share)
  • The second episode was viewed by approximately 11.4 million viewers (48.7% share)
  • The third episode was viewed by approximately 11.6 million viewers (50.5% share)
  • The fourth episode was viewed by approximately 12.1 million viewers (49.1% share) — the best French audience in 2005
  • The fifth episode was viewed by approximately 11.9 million viewers (51.1% share)
  • The sixth and final episode was viewed by 12.88 million viewers (53.1% share)[citation needed]

[edit] International broadcast