Major raphaëlle coste (addressed as commander), an impulsive police detective played by lola dewaere, and autistic archivist astrid nielsen, played by sara mortensen. Autistic archivist astrid nielsen and impulsive inspector raphaëlle coste work together to solve crimes in and around paris. Astrid is available to stream on pbs.org and the free pbs app, available on iphone, apple tv, android tv, android smartphones, amazon fire tv, amazon fire tablet, roku, samsung smart tv, and. The storyline of astrid is based on the novel “les enquêtes d’astrid et raphaëlle” by sophie bassignac and marie deshaires, who also created the show The show follows the unlikely partnership between raphaëlle and astrid, who work together to solve crimes in paris. Astrid and raphaelle investigate when a man is stabbed outside his home
A supernatural killing puzzles astrid in a case where all is not as it seems An infamous green diamond is stolen the very day it’s to go on view to the public. Commander raphaelle coste visits the police records bureau and meets the brilliant but unsettling young astrid, who gives her a helping hand. The name astrid is a girl's name of scandinavian, norse origin meaning divinely beautiful Astrid has been a scandinavian royal name since the tenth century, and many people associated it with the swedish author of the pippi longstocking stories, astrid lindgren. The character of astrid is beautifully brought to life by sara mortensen
You can’t help but love her It’s precisely her ability to see the world differently from the rest of us that makes her such an asset to raphaëlle. Modern scandinavian form of ástríðr Astrid is a french sleuth series centered on astrid nielsen (sara mortensen), who has asperger’s syndrome and works in the library of the judicial police in paris With an incredible photographic memory, she excels at analyzing files of ongoing investigations.
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