# The Frozen Dead (2017)

> A French detective investigates a headless horse hanging from a frozen Pyrenean cliff, uncovering a buried story of madness and revenge.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/60860

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 52 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, mystery, thriller
- Created by: Gérard Carré, Pascal Chaumeil, Caroline Van Ruymbeke
- Network: M6
- Cast: Charles Berling, Julia Piaton, Nina Meurisse, Pascal Greggory, Lubna Azabal, Anne Le Ny, Robinson Stévenin, Robert Plagnol
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5736758/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: brooding, austere, tense, bleak, atmospheric

## What critics say

Audiences rate it mixed, praising its atmospheric mountain setting and the cast's performances while finding the mystery's pacing and plotting uneven.

## Synopsis

The Frozen Dead (2017) is a French crime miniseries created by Gérard Carré, Pascal Chaumeil and Caroline Van Ruymbeke for M6, a single six-episode season of roughly fifty-two minutes each. Charles Berling plays Capitaine Martin Servaz, a detective who arrives in a small town high in the French Pyrenees after workers discover a headless horse hanging from the edge of a frozen cliff. Julia Piaton plays his partner Capitaine Irène Ziegler, and Nina Meurisse, Pascal Greggory and Lubna Azabal round out a cast of townspeople and suspects whose loyalties and histories shift with each interview. The engine of the series is Servaz's push to pull a hidden story out of a closed community that would rather keep its past buried, while the bitter cold and the isolation of the mountain roads close in around the investigation. Each episode peels back another layer of the case, building a patient, atmospheric mystery that unfolds as one continuing story rather than isolated cases. The tone is brooding and austere, with a sustained sense of dread and a grim, wintry palette. Its European crime sensibility sits in the tradition of Broadchurch and The Killing, and viewers who enjoy Engrenages will find a similar appetite for procedural patience and buried conspiracy. The miniseries suits viewers who want a contained, atmospheric crime story with a clear end.

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