TV series

Una vita in gioco

1965 · 1 season

A slow, serious detective drama that asks you to weigh doubt and conscience alongside the investigation.

Overview: Maigret decides to believe in Heurtin Joseph, a young man sentenced to death for the murder of two elderly women in Saint-Cloud, which has always stubbornly maintained his innocence. The inspector is not sure of the choice he made to convince his superiors to organize an escape for the young man, to lead him to the real culprits.
How it feels: Tense, earnest, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Justice, guilt, deception, morality
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Full breakdown

Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
guilt
deception
morality
crime
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none