Based on the internationally acclaimed Tudor murder mystery novels by C.J. Sansom, the four-part drama is set in 16th century England during the dissolution of the monasteries. The series will follow the story of Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer with an acute sense of justice and one of the few honest men in a world beset with scheming and plots. Shardlake works for Thomas Cromwell, the dangerous and all-powerful right-hand man to Henry VIII. Despite Shardlake’s unwavering loyalty to Cromwell and the Crown, his position in society is unfavored due to his appearance, as a person living with scoliosis during the Tudor period, suffering the indignity of being abused as a “crookback” wherever he turns. As he investigates the murder of one of Cromwell’s commissioners at a monastery in the remote town of Scarnsea, he is accompanied by Jack Barak, a cocky and good-looking character who may be Cromwell’s spy.
雅克·梅斯林是70年代末期法国著名的大盗,曾犯下多起持械抢劫和杀人案,也是有名的越狱犯。他善于伪装自己,曾以不同的面貌混迹人群,人称“千面大盗”。他在18个月的血腥逃亡之后,1979年11月2日在巴黎克利尼扬古尔门(PORTE DE CLIGNANCOURT)被特警队击毙。本片叙述梅斯林早期的经历,从1959年阿尔及利亚战争开始,当时梅斯林在战场上服役,这段经历标志了他“天真时期的结束”,使他成为一个“无政府主义者和对现状不满的人”。影片的下集《头号公敌》(MESRINE:L’ENNEMI PUBLIC No.1)将于11月19日上映。限制级。