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Feature film — 2026

Maigret and the Dead Lover (2026)

6.01h 20mMystery — Drama — Crime

Commissioner Maigret rushes to the Quai d’Orsay with Lieutenant Janvier. There, they find Mademoiselle Larrieu in a state of shock. That very morning, she discovered the bullet-riddled body of Mr. Berthier-Lagès, a renowned former ambassador whom she had served as a housekeeper for 46 years. While searching the victim's apartment, Maigret and Janvier uncover hundreds of letters. The diplomat had maintained a fifty-year-long love correspondence with a certain Princess of Vuynes, whose husband - by a strange coincidence - had died just a few days earlier. As he confronts the various members of the two families and the suspicious silence of Mademoiselle Larrieu, Maigret finds himself faced with surprise after surprise, watching his certainties crumble - until the solution to the mystery finally hits him in the face at the very last moment...

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A high-signal pick with 53 votes.

SBS Productions / Versus Production / Proximus / BeTV / Orange

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Director: Pascal Bonitzer

On screen

Cast & crew

Denis Podalydès as Commissioner Jules Maigret

Denis Podalydès

Commissioner Jules Maigret

Olivier Rabourdin as Judge

Olivier Rabourdin

Judge

Micha Lescot as Mazeron

Micha Lescot

Mazeron

Laurent Poitrenaux as Philippe

Laurent Poitrenaux

Philippe

Irène Jacob as Louise Maigret

Irène Jacob

Louise Maigret

Manuel Guillot as Janvier

Manuel Guillot

Janvier

Anne Alvaro as Jacotte Larrieu

Anne Alvaro

Jacotte Larrieu

Julia Faure as Juliette

Julia Faure

Juliette

Arcadi Radeff as Julien de Vuynes

Arcadi Radeff

Julien de Vuynes

Dominique Reymond as Princess

Dominique Reymond

Princess

Noël Simsolo as Priest

Noël Simsolo

Priest

Stéphane Mercoyrol as Moers

Stéphane Mercoyrol

Moers