La Prophetié d’Avignon (2007)

Prophetié d’Avignon is one of the movies made echoing the success of The Da Vinci Code. This series consists of 8 episodes. Episode 7 – 8 were broadcasted by TV5 on July 15, but suddenly my TV screen freezed only 15 minutes before the ending. I waited for about 10 minutes, nothing happened, turned off the TV (for it was after midnight), hoped that it would be re-broadcasted again on Monday night like before, but when I check the programme, it wouldn't. Fortunately a few days later, there was a change in the programme and I finally could see the final episode.

The heroine is Estelle Esperanza, a young curator at Pope Palace in Avignon, whose destiny is to find the prophecy hid since the time of Pope John XXII. Her enemy is the Brothers of Judas who also want the prophecy. It is said that those who have the prophecy will be able to control the future and have absolute power of humanity. At first Estelle herself doesn’t believe in the legend, until dead bodies fall like rain, including her grandfather and boyfriend, and her own life is in great danger.




Watching Louise Monot’s pretty face is a treat for the eyes. I enjoyed how she tried to find both cylinders needed to crack the code, although in the end I didn’t understand what the prophecy was about. There was a bright light came from the well/fountain and inside there were images of Jesus, Pharaoh, and some characters I can’t recall. It stopped soon after the enemy was shot to death by Oliver, who had been protecting Estelle. At first I didn’t like Commisaire Renard, thought she was noisy and irritating, but after she wept for Trihn, whom she often abused, I realized that her character had a heart after all. I am still not sure if Nadine has really been that old and if she has drunk the elixir of youth.