Samber

A slow, sobering procedural that weighs heavily, tracing institutional failure and trauma with quiet, cumulative dread.

Created by

Alice Géraud, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade

Genres

Crime

Starring

Alix Poisson, Jonathan Turnbull, Julien Frison

Overview

Late 80’s in Northern France, women are being sexually assaulted along the same road by the Samber river – with attacks taking place early mornings and in a similar style. The police fail to get to grips with the extent of these assaults or make a connection between the cases. The justice system is overwhelmed by the accumulating cases. It will take 30 years to catch a man, who never stopped attacking women and is responsible for at least 54 cases of rape or sexual assault.

How it feels

Dark, bleak, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Justice, trauma, crime, gender

Content

Strong sexual content. Mild violence and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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