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Nismet

2025 · 1 season

A tense, sober plunge into a teenager's flight from abuse, hard to watch but compassionate and never exploitative.

Created by
Philippe Faucon
Genres
Drama
Starring
Emma Boulanouar, Loubna Abidar, Théo Costa-Marini
Overview
To escape her violent stepfather Denis, 16-year-old Nismet decides to flee her home and ends up on the street of her own free will. The teenager has not yet told her mentally unstable mother about the attempts at violence by Denis. Nismet struggles on alone for the time being and is worried when she suddenly can no longer reach Najoua. Has Denis possibly done something to her? Shortly afterwards, the runaway is picked up by the police and placed in a temporary home for children and young people. There she finds a friend in Souad. A juvenile court judge finally wants to find a solution together with Najoua and Denis.

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Created by
Philippe Faucon
Genres
Drama
Starring
Emma Boulanouar, Loubna Abidar, Théo Costa-Marini
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • family
  • isolation
  • survival
  • betrayal
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Philippe Faucon
Written by
Philippe Faucon, Nismet Hrehorchuk
Starring
Emma Boulanouar, Loubna Abidar, Théo Costa-Marini, Lena Robin, Inès Doyen-Arab
Music
Jean-Pierre Taïeb, Amine Bouhafa
Cinematography
Laurent Fénart
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 36 min each
Network
ARTE
Country
France
Languages
French

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