Un Polar Lyonnais

Lyon can be considered the French — and even European — capital of crime fiction… But why Lyon? Why is this city so deeply rooted in many police and crime stories?

Novelists, bookstores, festivals, history… Lyon has many assets that keep the mystery of crime fiction alive.

Through this documentary, we will try to understand why this city is so conducive to noir novels. What motivates writers to set their stories in the streets of the “City of Light”?

This film will focus on Lyon and the crime novel. Lyon is the third largest city in France, an ancient city with cobblestone streets, old stone buildings, and numerous archaeological sites. It is a city that lives both day and night. With its silk workers, traboules, the Rhône and Saône rivers, Lyon is a city where anything can happen and where any novel promises rich descriptive elements.

It is in this city, filled with mysterious energy, that many novelists have chosen to develop their characters and set their stories in motion