Investigations scrutinized
He embodied Commander Daniel Chiasson with aplomb in District 31here is now a Gildor Roy who finds his clothes as a presenter for The bottom of the story, the new crime documentary series from Crave. Change of genre, therefore, but certainly no atmosphere for the actor accustomed to the roles of investigator who, over the episodes, carefully examines the implausibility of several deaths that occurred in Quebec and the investigations that followed. Although these investigations have now been resolved, the fact remains that they, at the time, gave a hard time to the authorities responsible for shedding light on these criminal cases.
First head to the old bar Lupin, a small tavern located at the corner of Roy and Drolet streets on the Plateau Mont-Royal, in Montreal. We are in August 1995, in the midst of the biker war, and the man nicknamed “the Great Real”, the drug trafficker Réal Perron, is shot twice in the head. Nearly 30 years ago, technologies were not as developed as they are today and the investigation will tread water until 2012… when the police look into a case of child abuse.
Gildor Roy then reconstructs this other sordid affair which dates from the winter of 1997, on Christmas Eve, when the young David Desmeules was fatally caught on the highway near Montmagny after staggering inexplicably. If, initially, the investigators conclude that there was an accident, since the coroner’s analyzes reveal the presence of a high dose of anxiolytic in the victim’s body, the file will finally be reopened during investigations into several cases of sexual assault. With the help of witnesses, journalists and experts, Gildor Roy also explores The bottom of the story eight other equally surprising investigations.
The bottom of the story
Crave, from October 19
The frozen air of Scotland
The British drama — though not devoid of scathing humor — Annika arrives at PBS. We follow Scottish detective Annika Strandhed (Nicola Walker) who is transferred to the maritime homicide unit in Glasgow, which she must now lead.
Between her impassive and not entirely welcoming team and her teenage daughter who is acting up, the policewoman somehow resolves to lead her first criminal investigation on the spot, somewhere between a hostile sea, a thick fog and witnesses who were almost anything but cooperative.
Annika
PBS, Sunday, 10 p.m.
And on the side of Netflix
The giant Netflix provides its subscribers with two intriguing shows. The first one, Descendantsis an award-winning documentary that highlights the struggle of the descendants of Africans who arrived illegally in Alabama after the abolition of slavery and who created the prosperous village of Africatown.
In order to have their story recognized, they are now looking for the wreckage of the ship which was burned at the time to dispel suspicion, but not only.
They are also fighting for the survival of their community threatened by the chemical industries that have recently established themselves in the area.
The miniseries Notre-Dame, the part of the fire for its part, plunges the viewer into the heart of the blaze which partly destroyed the cathedral in 2019. Inspired by real testimonies, the French fiction retraces the operation carried out by the firefighters from the inside.
Descendants, the heirs of Africatown
Netflix, from October 21
Notre-Dame, the part of the fire
Netflix, from October 19