Pierre Lemaitre

Pierre Lemaitre (born 19 April 1951 in Paris) is a Prix Goncourt-winning French author and a screenwriter, internationally renowned for the crime novels featuring the fictional character Commandant Camille Verhœven. His first novel to be translated into English, Alex, is a translation of the French book of the same title, it jointly won the CWA International Dagger for best translated crime novel of 2013. In November 2013, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize, for Au revoir là-haut (published in English as The Great Swindle), an epic about World War I. His novels Camille and The Great Swindle won the CWA International Dagger in 2015 and 2016 respectively. Source: Article "Pierre Lemaitre" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Works

6.4

Three Days and a Life

Christmas 1999, in a peaceful little village in the Ardennes. The life of a young boy named Antoine will soon be devastated by three tragic events : the death of a dog, the vanishing of a child, and a big ravaging storm.

Release Date2019-09-18

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Charactersd King's Prosecutor

Vote Count234

28 minutes
2.5

28 minutes

Release Date2012-01-09

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

6.8

The Colors of Fire

February 1927. The funeral of Marcel Péricourt, the most powerful banker in Paris. His daughter Madeleine must take the helm of the financial empire of which she is the heiress. But she has a son, Paul, who with an unexpected and tragic gesture will place her on the path to ruin.

Release Date2022-11-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count165

7.8

See You Up There

In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two soldiers who have nothing more in common than the battlefield: Édouard saves Albert, although at a high cost. They become companions in misfortune who will attempt to survive in a changing world. Pradelle, in his own way, does the same.

Release Date2017-10-25

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1332

Inhuman Resources
6.5

Inhuman Resources

Alain Delambre, unemployed and 57, is lured by an attractive job opening. But things get ugly when he realizes he’s a pawn in a cruel corporate game.

Release Date2020-04-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Vote Count69

9.0

Otages

In a major pharmaceutical laboratory, 8 terrified employees are taken hostage by a commando using astonishing methods. Every two hours, a different hostage is inoculated with a poison... Angèle Garry, a woman of character, rebel and maverick, and Antoine Pradeau, an outstanding negotiator, are responsible for resolving this affair together... while they just broke up. Who are these men? What do they want? How far will they go? Angèle has 6 hours to answer these questions and avoid a bloodbath...

Release Date2009-11-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2