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Le Suicide Francais
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Le Suicide Francais actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Le Suicide Francais reads strongest on Cliffhanger Intensity, Tension and World Building.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
A look back at fifty years of French history and social change, from the death of General de Gaulle to the early 2020s.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Benoit LanetDirector
Where to watch
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