Actor Philippe Torreton will play Michel Fourniret. - Henri Collot / SIPA

The cast of the TF1 TV movie on Michel Fourniret is revealed. As reported by Puremedias, relaying a press release from the channel, it is Philippe Torreton who will play the serial killer, nicknamed "the monster of the Ardennes". Isabelle Gélinas will play the role of his wife, Monique, and François-Xavier Demaison will play the role of commissioner Yann Declerck.

Yves Rénier, the director, will also appear on the screen, since he will play the prosecutor Arnaud Costenoble in this telefilm adapted from the book  La mésange et l'ogresse  by Harold Cobret, which will bear the name of Fourniret, the hunt . Filming will begin on August 10.

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This is Yves Rénier's third film around a famous French story. In 2017, he made I just wanted to go home from the autobiography of Patrick Dils. The following year, he looked into the Jacqueline Sauvage affair in the TV movie It was him or me .

Another upcoming event for TF1, the channel is currently preparing a mini-series around the affair of "little Grégory" with Guillaume de Tonquédec or Michaël Youn.

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  • Philippe Torreton
  • Michel Fourniret
  • Television
  • TV movie