Dolmen

The reason I'm rating this French mini-series as high as I do is because of the title. I spent six weeks in France chasing after dolmens, cromlechs, and grandes menhirs brissés (and non-brisés).

The dolmen in the title is the remains of a prehistoric burial chamber that looks like a small stone house or large table. This one comes complete with a six foot tall stone semi-circle with a single symbol on each stone, a passageway to the sea caves below, and a passageway to the castle on the island. With as many corpses as a Norwegian Thriller, I was surprised at first to find each episode was 90 minutes, but it takes six episodes to dispatch so many characters in French.

Dolmen is romantic in both a dreamy way and like a soap-opera; furthermore it has the conventions of a romantic comedy (with lots of extra killing).

This is your basic French soap opera. Most European shows have people who look like people you'd meet on the street. Not this one; it's in the American mold, with the gorgeous female detective who constantly needs rescuing by a man. Preferably the handsome male detective. "If only I hadn't been in that coma..." Ridiculous dialogue, bad acting, and multiple opportunities for the females to get drenched so their bodies are on display.

This is a waste of many hours of time. There are so many good Swedish detective shows out there...do yourself a favor and watch one of those instead.

If you like mystery, drama, love, mythes than this will be a great show! You want to watch till the end to know who is the bad guy/girl and why he/she did it. The two main characters are Ingrid Chauvin and Bruno Madinier. They aren't only very beautiful but they can really act! usually I don't really like the French language. But that's not a reason to don't watch it. Also you see how the actors especially "Ingrid chauvin" become better in her acting during the series.

Don't forget the music and intro! I don't know who's the composer but It's very good! It comes and go on the write/ good time and it gives the series a little bit more tension.