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TF1 Launches Alter Ego, Pairing Eric Cantona With Bruno Sanches

An uncommon cop–lawyer duo aims to refresh French police drama by taking investigations into the field.

Overview

  • TF1 launches the six-episode crime series Alter Ego starring Eric Cantona and Bruno Sanches.
  • Eric Cantona plays Joseph Batista, a taciturn police commander who returns to Marseille after three decades in Paris.
  • Batista discovers he has a daughter, Lyna, now an investigating judge, as well as a grandson he has never met.
  • Bruno Sanches portrays Samy Kaddourian, a brilliant but disorganized lawyer who raises three children alone after his wife's sudden disappearance.
  • Cantona praises the originality of pairing a commander with an attorney on cases and says Marseille is filmed as a character in its own right.