With Jude Law and Colin Firth, Clive Owen has embodied - since French film fans discovered him at the turn of the 2000s as a gruff servant in Gosford Park - a certain idea of the dark British gentleman.
Charismatic, cerebral, elegant, a bit threatening.
Both capable of heroism and debauchery.
To the point that bookmakers bet on him to take on the role of James Bond and succeed Pierce Brosnan.
Watching him in Mister Spade, the role of disenchanted private detective suits him as well as that of a spy.
In this Canal+ series, which starts this Monday, Clive Owen brings back to life the bloodhound of the Maltese Falcon, made legendary in 1940 by Humphrey Bogart.
A childhood dream
His Samuel Spade no longer receives his clients in his smoky office in San Francisco, but enjoys a happy retirement in France in the sixties, in the vineyards of Bozouls, in Aveyron.
Until trouble catches up with him and forces him to return to service.
Follow in the footsteps of the Casablanca icon…
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