Maigret et le mort amoureux (2026): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2026, Maigret et le mort amoureux is a mystery, drama and krimi film directed by Pascal Bonitzer, running about 80 minutes.

What it’s 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...

Who’s in it. Maigret et le mort amoureux stars Denis Podalydès as Commissaire Jules Maigret, Olivier Rabourdin as Le Juge, Micha Lescot as Mazeron and Laurent Poitrenaux as Philippe, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.3/10, Maigret et le mort amoureux has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In Kanada you can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Maigret et le mort amoureux page.

If you liked it. Fans of Maigret et le mort amoureux tend to enjoy Sieben, Psycho, Das Fenster zum Hof and Oldboy.