The Art of Crime S01E01: A Natural Beauty (1)

2017 - 2025 6.5 (33 votes) 8 Seasons

Official Website

Genres

Crime Drama

Networks

France 2

Created By

Angèle Herry-Leclerc
Pierre-Yves Mora

The Art of Crime (L'Art du crime)

Overview

Fired for insubordination, PJ Antoine Verlay, good cop but a blood strand and having difficulty working as a team, is attached to the OCBC (Central Office for the fight against Traffic in Cultural Goods) thanks to the intervention of the commander Pardo, his friend who becomes, therefore, his new superior. A clever investigator, but a stranger to everything related to culture, Antoine will have to work with Florence Chassagne, renowned art historian, who lives, speaks and breathes culture, to the point that - fruit of her great imagination - it happens to her in the midst of daydreams, to see and talk to the great artists who have disappeared as if they were familiar to her.

Key Crew

Writer: Eric Woreth

Producer: Arnaud de Crémiers, Isabelle Degeorges

Top Cast

Nicolas Gob

Antoine Verlay

Éléonore Bernheim

Florence Chassagne

Philippe Duclos

Pierre Chassagne

Benjamin Egner

Commandant Alexandre Pardo

Emmanuel Noblet

Hugo Prieur

Seasons

Season 1 (2017)

No overview available.

6 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: A Natural Beauty (1)

2017-11-17

The theft of an obscure Renaissance portrait uncovers a sensational 15th-century secret.

Runtime: 50 min

Episode 2: A Natural Beauty (2)

2017-11-17

Florence finds herself accused of art fraud as Captain Verlay searches for answers.

Runtime: 46 min

Episode 3: A Murderous Party (1)

2017-11-24

An art student is killed during a party inspired by 18th-century paintings.

Runtime: 51 min

Episode 4: A Murderous Party (2)

2017-11-24

Florence and Verlay uncover a secret that may shed light on their victim's death.

Runtime: 52 min

Episode 5: A Work in Black (1)

2017-12-01

A Louvre curator dies from poisoning in front of a Géricault painting depicting death and agony.

Runtime: 53 min

Episode 6: A Work in Black (2)

2017-12-01

Florence and Verlay use Géricault's "Portraits of the Insane" to track down the killer.

Runtime: 52 min

Season 2 (2018)

No overview available.

6 episodes

Episodes

Season 3 (2019)

No overview available.

2 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: A Ghost at the Opera

2019-10-25

Ballet students think the ghost of Degas' "Little Dancer" is responsible for murder.

Runtime: 98 min

Episode 2: The Curse of Osiris

2019-11-01

A young woman holding an ancient Egyptian box drops dead in the Louvre.

Runtime: 91 min

Season 4 (2021)

No overview available.

2 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: Van Gogh's Will

2021-05-07

A historian is found dead on the set of a TV show about Van Gogh.

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 2: Blood Dance

2021-05-14

A Moulin Rouge dancer comes under suspicion for a murder.

Runtime: 90 min

Season 5 (2021)

No overview available.

2 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: Episode 1

2021-11-22

Florence's father finds his old friend dead and calls her. Florence and Captain Verlay investigate the murder and try to find the connection with Camille Claudel.

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 2: Episode 2

2021-11-29

The Delacroix code: At the Louvre Museum a Eugène Delacroix enthusiast is killed after having admired one of the artist's works. Simon is the sole witness, a teenager with a quite extraordinary memory. Without having seen the murderer's face, his hypermnesia might still enable an identification. The youngster's life is now in danger.

Runtime: 90 min