Maigret and the Dead Lover (2026)
Original title: Maigret et le mort amoureux
Maigret and the Dead Lover is a 2026 French-language crime movie directed by Pascal Bonitzer, with a running time of 1h 20m. It stars Denis Podalydès, Olivier Rabourdin and Micha Lescot.
Commissioner Maigret rushes to the Quai d’Orsay with Lieutenant Janvier. There, they find Mademoiselle Larrieu in a state of shock. That very morning, she discovered the bullet-riddled body of Mr. Berthier-Lagès, a renowned former ambassador whom she had served as a housekeeper for 46 years. While searching the victim's apartment, Maigret and Janvier uncover hundreds of letters. The diplomat had maintained a fifty-year-long love correspondence with a certain Princess of Vuynes, whose husband - by a strange coincidence - had died just a few days earlier. As he confronts the various members of the two families and the suspicious silence of Mademoiselle Larrieu, Maigret finds himself faced with surprise after surprise, watching his certainties crumble - until the solution to the mystery finally hits him in the face at the very last moment...
Quick answers
What is Maigret and the Dead Lover about?
Commissioner Maigret rushes to the Quai d’Orsay with Lieutenant Janvier. There, they find Mademoiselle Larrieu in a state of shock. That very morning, she discovered the bullet-riddled body of Mr. Berthier-Lagès, a renowned former ambassador whom she had served as a housekeeper for 46 years. While searching the victim's apartment, Maigret and Janvier uncover hundreds of letters. The diplomat had maintained a fifty-year-long love correspondence with a certain Princess of Vuynes, whose husband - by a strange coincidence - had died just a few days earlier. As he confronts the various members of the two families and the suspicious silence of Mademoiselle Larrieu, Maigret finds himself faced with surprise after surprise, watching his certainties crumble - until the solution to the mystery finally hits him in the face at the very last moment...
When was Maigret and the Dead Lover released?
Maigret and the Dead Lover was released on 18 February 2026.
How long is Maigret and the Dead Lover?
Maigret and the Dead Lover runs 1h 20m.
Who made Maigret and the Dead Lover?
Maigret and the Dead Lover was directed by Pascal Bonitzer.
Cast
- Denis Podalydès as Commissaire Jules Maigret
- Olivier Rabourdin as Le Juge
- Micha Lescot as Mazeron
- Laurent Poitrenaux as Philippe
- Irène Jacob as Louise Maigret
- Manuel Guillot as Janvier
- Anne Alvaro as Jacotte Larrieu
- Julia Faure
- Arcadi Radeff
- Dominique Reymond as La princesse
- Noël Simsolo as Le pretre
- Stéphane Mercoyrol as Moers