TV series

Un pique-nique chez Osiris

2001 · 1 season

A stately, emotionally charged period drama of forbidden love and family rupture, unfolding with literary patience across Paris and the Nile.

Overview: The year is 1898. Héloïse, 9 years old, comes from a family belonging to the anti-Dreyfus and anti-Semitic Parisian high bourgeoisie. In a spirit of revolt, she begins a love affair with Maxime, a young Jewish journalist. During a terrible quarrel with her father, the latter suffers a stroke and dies. To get her away from Maxime, her mother Mathilde and her cousin Olympe take Héloïse on a trip to the Orient. After Cairo and the Pyramids, they go up the Nile and cross the desert in a caravan.
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Love, rebellion, family, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
rebellion
family
identity
class
Places: big city
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild