Alter Ego

A warm, character-driven crime dramedy where prickly personalities clash and slowly bond over messy family ties and courtroom battles.

Created by

Philippe Dajoux

Genres

Comedy, Crime

Starring

Éric Cantona, Bruno Sanches, Adèle Galloy

Overview

Joseph Batista, a taciturn yet deeply humanistic police officer, has returned to Marseille after thirty years of a brilliant career in Paris. He has a good reason for coming back: he has just discovered that he has a daughter and a grandson he has never met. Lyna, who has become an investigating magistrate, is determined to make him pay for his absence. Meanwhile, Samy Kaddourian, a brilliant but disorganized lawyer carrying an enormous mental load as a single father raising three children, defends the very suspects Batista is trying to put behind bars. This hypersensitive, clingy attorney and this police officer who is too proud to show his emotions keep crossing paths on criminal cases, each on opposite sides but both fighting to uphold justice. As they get to know one another, they argue, clash, and gradually grow fond of each other—until they realize they may have found their perfect counterpart.

How it feels

Warm, satirical, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Family, justice, parenthood, identity

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

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

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