TV series

Bête noire

2021 · 3 seasons

A somber, slow-burning psychological excavation that asks you to sit with grief and incomprehension as a mother pieces together a shattering mystery.

Overview: Bête noire the collateral effects of an unforgivable act commited by Jérémy, a 16 year-old teenager. With the help of the psychiatrist-coroner in charge of the investigation, his mother tries to understand how her son, a seemingly normal boy, could commit such a heinous act. What caused this nightmare? When did everything change? Together, the two women try to solve the mystery of Jérémy.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, family, guilt, trauma
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
family
guilt
trauma
mystery
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild