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Il commissario Gamache - Misteri a Three Pines è una serie televisiva canadese gialla con protagonista Alfred Molina, basata sulla serie di romanzi di Louise Penny incentrati sull'ispettore capo Armand Gamache. La prima stagione ha debuttato su Amazon Prime Video il 2 dicembre 2022, con quattro episodi, ciascuno suddiviso in due parti. In Italia la serie è trasmessa da Sky e visibile anche su Now tv on demand

Trama
L'ispettore capo Armand Gamache della polizia del Quebec vede cose che gli altri non vedono: la luce tra le crepe, il mitico nel banale e il male nell'apparentemente ordinario. Mentre indaga su una serie di omicidi a Three Pines, un paesino apparentemente idilliaco nelle Eastern Townships del Quebec, Canada, scopre segreti sepolti da tempo e deve affrontare i propri fantasmi. A differenza dei libri, la serie sviluppa anche una trama parallela nel corso della stagione, con Gamache che indaga sulla scomparsa di una giovane donna indigena.

Personaggi principali

 * Alfred Molina as Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
 * Rossif Sutherland as Jean-Guy Beauvoir
 * Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as Isabelle Lacoste
 * Tantoo Cardinal as Bea Mayer
 * Clare Coulter as Ruth Zardo
 * Sarah Booth as Yvette Nichol
 * Anna Tierney as Clara Morrow
 * Roberta Battaglia as Crie

Produzione
On 21 May 2020, it was announced that Left Bank Pictures had optioned the 18-book novel series by Louise Penny, which centers on Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, with Amazon Prime Video in final negotiations to order the project to series. Emilia di Girolamo was attached as head writer, and Sam Donovan was announced as the lead director, directing four episodes. Indigenous Mohawk director Tracey Deer is a series consultant and directed two episodes. On 2 September 2021, it was announced that Alfred Molina was cast in the lead role of Gamache. Rossif Sutherland, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Tantoo Cardinal, Clare Coulter, Sarah Booth, and Anna Tierney were also cast in main roles.

Principal photography was completed between August and December 2021. Filming took place over five five-week periods in Montreal and rural Quebec, specifically in the Eastern Townships, the region of Quebec where the novels take place and original author Penny resides. Specifically, outdoor scenes in the village are filmed in Saint-Armand.

The soundtrack includes music from Elisapie, The Bearhead Sisters, Chloé Stafler, and Riit.

Release
On 1 November 2022, Amazon Studios announced the premiere date and official trailer of Three Pines. With eight one-hour episodes in total, the first two episodes premiered on 2 December 2022, with two new episodes released each week until the finale on 23 December. Initially, the series was set to air only in certain countries: the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Greenland.

Reception
As of 4 December 2022, after the first two episodes had begun streaming, the score on Rotten Tomatoes was 78% based on reviews from 9 critics. Chase Hutchinson of Collider praised Alfred Molina's performance as Inspector Gamache, rating the series a B and wrote, "It is in its more melancholic and macabre moments that Three Pines stumbles upon something more sinister that elevates it a bit beyond a standard mystery tale." Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com called it "a collection of intelligent two-hour mysteries that fans of Agatha Christie or even Columbo should watch." Amber Dowling of Variety gave it a positive review and concluded "For now, this short-but-sweet adaptation offers a sweeping cinematic taste of cultures and stories that are deserving of the global platform Prime Video offers, all while doing justice to the best-selling novels on which they’re based."