Lost River: 5 Good Reasons To Watch The Tf1 Series

Starting Thursday, January 11, TF1 will air a new series in prime time called Lost River. This crime drama, filmed in the Pyrenees, promises to keep you on the edge of your seat with a mysterious case of missing children. We have listed for you 5 good reasons to watch this unique show.

For the captivating mystery.

The series "Rivière Perdue", named after a fictional town in the Pyrénées-Orientales, revolves around the mysterious disappearance of two teenagers.

The first episodes, available on TF1 from Thursday, January 11, 2024, at 9:10 pm, are immediately very gripping. Following a spectacular car accident in the Pyrenees, a young girl reappears five years after her kidnapping. With the miraculous return of Anna, the investigation is reopened to try to find Lucie, another teenager who was abducted at the same time as her.

This crime drama, which is an adaptation of a successful Spanish series, is one of the most anticipated TV series of early 2024.

For the casting.

The new TF1 series boasts a strong performance. The cast, featuring Barbara Cabrita (as Captain Alix Berg), Nicolas Gob (as the gendarme Victor Ferrer), and Jean-Michel Tinivelli (as Commander Balthus), is another good reason to watch Rivière Perdue.

The lead actors are well-known faces to TV series fans: Barbara Cabrita regularly appears in crime dramas such as Luther, Poulets grillés, and OPJ. Nicolas Gob is one of the main actors in the series L'Art du crime on France 2, while Jean-Michel Tinivelli played for fifteen years in Alice Nevers on TF1 before getting his own series titled Simon Coleman on France 2.

The supporting roles are also noteworthy, with the production bringing in established actors such as Odile Vuillemin, Bruno Debrandt, Kamel Belghazi, and Annelise Hesme. This impressive array of talent brings to life flawed heroes, families, and police officers dealing with a child disappearance case.

For the well-crafted scenario.

The series "Rivière Perdue" promises to keep viewers on the edge of their seats throughout all 6 episodes. This crime drama was created for TF1 by Jean-Christophe Delpias, a director with masterful camera skills, and accurately portrays the distress of families.

While the police and the head of the local gendarmerie are doing everything they can to find Lucie as quickly as possible, Anna is not helping them. Even after five years of captivity, her behavior is unusual and puzzles the investigators.

For the exceptional framework.

Another highlight of the "Rivière Perdue" series lies in its setting. Indeed, this drama was filmed in the majestic setting of Vallespir, a natural region in the Pyrénées-Orientales located between Perpignan and the Spanish border.

The filming locations were sometimes difficult to access, and equipment had to be carried in by hand. But it was worth the effort. The mountain landscapes provide both a majestic and unsettling atmosphere to this thriller, which constantly oscillates between a bright and twilight ambiance.

According to director Jean-Christophe Delpias, the idea was to counterbalance the darkness of the subject with the beauty of the landscapes, "because a drama can also take place in broad daylight."

To fully showcase this exceptional setting, the series used aerial shots, similar to adventure films of the 1970s and 1980s. The only difference is that the filming teams did not use helicopters as in the past but drones!

5- For the spectacular action scenes.

The Rivière Perdue series features numerous action scenes that were shot with the help of seasoned professionals. The production employed stuntmen specialized in cars, motorcycles, and falls.

The main actors, Barbara Cabrita and Nicolas Gob, who are thrill-seekers themselves, performed the action scenes whenever possible.

For the director as well, filming in the mountains was a true challenge. Jean-Christophe Delpias set his cameras in the mountains, the river, the sky, underground, and even in fire! The shooting, which lasted three and a half months, was not without its difficulties but the outcome is commensurate with this ambitious project.

To discover the first two episodes of this crime drama, tune in Thursday, January 11, 2024, at 9:10 PM on TF1.