TV series

Pierre or, The Ambiguities

2001 · 1 season

A slow, hypnotic plunge into obsession and transgression, demanding patience and rewarding it with unsettling, dreamlike intensity.

Overview: Pierre ou, Les ambiguïtés (Pierre or, The Ambiguities) is a 2001 three-part French miniseries created and written by Leos Carax, an alternate, extended version of his 1999 film Pola X ('Pola' is the acronym of 'Pierre ou les ambiguïtés'.). Both entities are based on Herman Melville's 1852 Gothic novel of the same name. A writer leaves his upper-class life and journeys with a woman claiming to be his sister, and her two friends.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Obsession, identity, isolation, family
Content: Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence and gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: obsession
identity
isolation
family
madness
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong