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Such a long night

2022 · 1 season

A tense, thoughtful legal drama that keeps you engaged with its moral ambiguities and the quiet weight of its characters' dilemmas.

Created by
Clothilde Jamin, Nicolas Clément
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mathilde Seigner, Sayyid El Alami, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Overview
Sami, a young student, is accused of murdering a woman he met at a party. Isabelle, a whimsical lawyer, will agree to defend him...

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Created by
Clothilde Jamin, Nicolas Clément
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mathilde Seigner, Sayyid El Alami, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • guilt
  • class
  • race
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
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
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Clothilde Jamin, Nicolas Clément
Starring
Mathilde Seigner, Sayyid El Alami, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Antoine Duléry, Liv del Estal, Zinedine Soualem, Lannick Gautry, Samira Lachhab
Cinematography
Jean-Philippe Gosselin
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 52 min each
Network
TF1
Country
Belgium, France
Languages
French

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