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A Family Secret

2014 · 1 season

A sombre, slow-burning French mystery where grief and suspicion sit heavily in a quiet domestic setting.

Created by
Mikael Ollivier
Genres
Drama, Crime, Mystery
Overview
A man's wife, mother and daughter are the only witnesses of his surprise death and join forces to face their loss and find out what really happened. What seems to be an unexplained suicide or a banal domestic accident could be a murder.

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Created by
Mikael Ollivier
Genres
Drama, Crime, Mystery
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • family
    • mystery
    • deception
    • death
    Places
    • single country house
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Genres
    drama, crime, mystery
    Created by
    Mikael Ollivier
    Starring
    Valérie Karsenti, Brigitte Fossey, Flore Bonaventura, Stéphane Freiss, Lionnel Astier, Michaël Abiteboul, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jean-Claude Bouillon
    Length
    1 seasons, 6 episodes, 50 min each
    Network
    France 3
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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