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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Monzo" data-source="post: 439792" data-attributes="member: 19949">Novels are frequently adapted into miniseries, but true stories are also a popular choice. As far as French miniseries go, I don't yet have an absolute favorite miniseries which is based on a true story; however, my top pick so far is "Tout pour Agnès" (English title: "French Roulette"), released in 2023.The miniseries chronicles the disappearance of the young heiress to the Palais de la Méditerranée—a grand casino located on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice—a case that made headlines at the end of the 1970s. In 1977, Agnès Le Roux vanished without a trace, her body never to be found; yet, it was not until 2014 that a conviction for her murder was finally secured. The ultimate conviction was largely owed to the efforts of the missing woman's mother, who never gave up in her quest to bring the prime suspect to justice.[ATTACH=full]58997[/ATTACH]The so-called Agnès Le Roux affair had already been adapted for the big screen in 2014—starring Catherine Deneuve in the role of the mother—though reviews at the time were rather mixed. It was not until the miniseries "Tout pour Agnès" that critics were satisfied with the fictionalized portrayal of this major French criminal case.[MEDIA=youtube]tPXoXtAS5bA[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

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