Georges Simenon is topical.
We only talk about the film by Patrice Leconte, reinstalling Maigret in our lives, through the masterful interpretation of Gérard Depardieu.
The right moment to put your soles in the Commissioner's footsteps and find the places where he was thinking.
Luckily, the bistro where Maigret had his habits, in all his novels, still exists, boulevard Pereire, at number 190 bis.
Opposite, the small belt train, which linked Pont-Cardinet to Auteuil station, no longer exists.
But the restaurant, where the commissioner liked to have lunch, is still there.
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Depardieu should take a look there.
He would like the atmosphere and the cuisine there.
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If the owners have changed, the places have retained their atmosphere.
I think that the privileged people, who live above the restaurant, always watch for the arrival of the commissioner, in his soft hat and his pipe, while reading
Le Figaro
.
The day of my lunch, Maigret didn't come.
I sat in a corner and thought of Depardieu, the beefy man with the velvet voice.
According to Simenon, Maigret…
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