Miniseries · France 2
The Mother and The Assassin
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Mother and The Assassin actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Mother and The Assassin reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Morgane Jourdan, in her forties, leads a well-ordered life with her restaurateur husband, Samuel, and their two teenage daughters, Océane and Alizée. A teacher who has become the principal of a middle school, she juggles her demanding job with her family life. Everything changes when 17-year-old Océane suddenly disappears after a party where she caught her mother in a compromising situation with Hugo Bennec, her physical education teacher. Consumed by anguish and guilt, Morgane throws herself headlong into the search for her daughter.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 4 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20264 episodes
In the sunny coastal town of Martigues, teenagers spend their afternoons kitesurfing after school. Against this idyllic backdrop, Océane, a seemingly ordinary teenager and the high school's principal's daughter, suddenly vanishes. Adaptation of the novel by Alexandra Echkenazi.
Behind the series
Created by
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The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Sandra PerrinDirector
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