The Break (TV series)


The Break is a French-language Belgian crime drama television series, produced by Anthony Rey and directed by Matthieu Donck. It debuted on RTBF's La Une on 21 February 2016, on France 2 on 29 August 2016, and on Netflix in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada on 21 December 2016.
Season 2 premiered in Belgium on 11 November 2018. On 9 February 2019, it was released on Netflix in the United States and many other countries.

Synopsis

Season 1

Police detective Yoann Peeters moves from Brussels with his daughter, Camille, to his home town, where the body of a young African football player was pulled from the river. The death is originally thought to be a suicide, but Peeters suspects murder. In addition, there is corruption associated with gaining approval by farmers to sell their land to allow construction of a dam and reservoir.

Season 2

Jasmina Orban, the psychiatrist calls back Yoann Peeters to help her prove the innocence of one of her patients, Dany Bastin. Dany, a former convict, was working as a gardener for wealthy owner Astrid du Tilleul, who was found murdered in the swimming pool of her house.

Cast

Main

Series 1 (2016)

Series 2 (2018)

Production

La Trêve is produced by Helicotronc, in co-production with RTBF and Proximus. It received €1.18 million from the new Wallonie Brussels Federation-RTBF Fund for Belgian Series and the Wallimage Bruxellimage regional economic fund. The series is filmed in the Ardennes. It is the first French-language Belgian television crime drama.

Release

La Trêve premiered on 21 February 2016 RTBF's La Une, and received an average audience share of 22.5%.

Music

Belgian band Balthazar's song "The Man Who Owns The Place" plays during the opening credits of each episode.
The original score composed by Eloi Ragot is available on digital platforms.

International distribution