SERIELAND INTERVIEW: "Tropiques Criminels", the police series of France 2 which takes place in Martinique is back for a second season.

On this occasion, Eva Roque receives the heroine of the series, the actress Sonia Rolland.

How did she build her character?

How does the series represent Martinican society?

How has the place of ethnic minorities on our screens evolved?

She confides in a great interview.

Since mid-February, Commander Mélissa Sainte-Rose (Sonia Rolland) and Captain Gaëlle Crivelli (Béatrice de La Boulaye) have returned to France 2 for the second season of

Tropiques Criminels

. 

After having played an elite agent of a secret police service in

Léa Parker

on TF1, Joséphine Baker in

Midnight in Paris

by Woody Allen or a small role in

Quai d'Orsay

by Bertrand Tavernier, Sonia Rolland resumes her role investigator in the series

Tropiques Criminels

. 

In Martinique, in a postcard setting, a duo of policewomen with opposing methods and temperaments investigate sordid murders committed on the island ... In parallel with criminal cases, the series looks at the personal lives of the protagonists .

In season 2, for example, we discover the ex-husband of Mélissa Sainte-Rose, played by Arié Elmaleh, back in Martinique to reconnect ...

The series is also interested in social themes such as violence against women, abortion, or even ecology and animal suffering.

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In SERIELAND, the podcast of Europe 1 Studio by those who love series and make them, Eva Roque devotes a large interview to Sonia Rolland, elected Miss France in 2000. The shooting was very physical, how was- she prepared for this role?

How does this commander character look like her?

Is

Tropiques Criminels

a feminist series?

The actress reveals the underside of the France 2 series and looks back on her career and her commitments. 

The SERIELAND team: 

Author and presentation: Eva Roque

Director: Christophe Pierrot

Editorial project manager: Timothée Magot 

Distribution and editing: Clémence Olivier, Salomé Journo

Preparation: Magali Butault

Graphics: Karelle Villais

Director of Europe 1 Studio: Olivier Lendresse