TV series

The Promise

2021 · 1 season

A somber, slow-burning mystery that keeps you uneasy as two disappearances echo across time.

Overview: What's the worst that can happen to a police officer? Definitely an unresolved investigation. This is what happens on Boxing Day 1999. Charlotte Meyer, an 11-year-old girl, disappears without a trace. Captain Pierre Castaing, in charge of the investigation, fails to find her. Where did she go? The mystery remains intact ... A few hundred kilometers away, a young investigator finds herself confronted with a similar disappearance ...
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, grief, guilt, obsession
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
grief
guilt
obsession
isolation
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild