TV series

Icon of French Cinema

2023 · 1 season

A wry, self-aware dive into ambition and motherhood, balancing sharp humor with uncomfortable personal reckoning.

Overview: Returning to Paris after exile from Hollywood, Judith is intent of making a comeback with a new movie. However, her 16-year-old daughter falls in love with her much older dance teacher and Judith is forced to deal with personal ambition, maternal anxiety and the demons of her past with humor and disillusion.
How it feels: Satirical, melancholic, cynical and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, parenthood, ambition, memory
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
parenthood
ambition
memory
family
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild