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Good People (2022)

Good People poster
Original title
Des gens bien
Genre
crime television series
Country
France, Belgium
Length
2 seasons, 6 episodes
Rated
16
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A policeman fakes his wife's death in a car accident. He gets caught up in a web of lies and crime in two border towns.

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What happens

Good People (French: Des gens bien) is a 2022 Belgian television crime drama, comedy series. Its six episodes were broadcast from 23 October 2022 on La Une. It was created, written and directed by Stéphane Bergmans, Matthieu Donck and Benjamin d'Aoust. It was produced by Helicotronc, RTBF, Arte, Unité and Proximus. Action is set in mid-2022 in the fictitious border towns of Juvin (Belgium) and Ressac (France), and the surrounding areas. Good People stars Lucas Meister as a policeman, Tom who stages a car accident, which supposedly killed his wife, Linda (Bérangère McNeese). It was broadcast in France via Arte and streamed in Australia on SBS-TV's On Demand from 13 April 2023. The series won the Grand Prix for TV series at the Luchon TV Festival 2023. In late April 2023 series creators Donck, Bergmans and d'Aoust confirmed that a second season was being prepared. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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