Amazon has released the teaser trailer for Three Pines , a Canadian series based on the mysteries of Louise Penny , starring Inspector Armand Gamache .
This season is taken from the first book, Natura morta , published in Italy by Einaudi .
Alfred Molina plays Gamache , chief inspector of the Sûreté du Québec, called to investigate the death of a retired teacher in the eponymous village, south of Montréal.
The woman, Jane Neal , was found slumped in one of the forests surrounding the village, and many believe it was a hunting accident. Gamache , however, senses that something sinister is hiding behind the country’s idyllic climate.
Three Pines is expected to be released in December on Prime Video , but a specific date is not yet available. The head writer is Emilia di Girolamo , best known for EastEnders, Law & Order UK and The Tunnel .
You can see the teaser below.
The Three Pines teaser
The synopsis of the novel
Inspector Armand Gamache arrives at the scene of a suspicious death in a small town south of Montreal, Three Pines. Jane Neal, a retired teacher who grew roses and headed the women’s parish group, was found slumped in one of the forests surrounding the village. Many use bows and arrows to hunt deer and it can only be an accident. But Gamache is not fooled. Behind the beauty and serenity of Three Pines, there is something sinister. And Jane Neal’s was a murder, he’s sure of it. Now all that remains is to investigate.
The cast
The cast also includes Rossif Sutherland, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Tantoo Cardinal, Clare Coulter, Sarah Booth, Anna Tierney, Julian Bailey, Frédéric-Antoine Guimond, Pierre Simpson, Tamara Brown, Patricia Summersett, Marie-France Lambert, Frank Schorpion, Marcel Jeannin, Georgina Lightning, Crystle Lightning, Isabel Deroy-Olson, Anna Lambe, Marie-Josée Bélanger and Mylène Dinh-Robic .
The direction
The lead director of Three Pines is Sam Donovan , who directed four episodes.
Production
The studios involved in the series are Left Bank Pictures, Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television .