# November 13: Attack on Paris (2018)

> Survivors and first responders recount the anguish, kindness and bravery of the November 2015 Paris terror attacks.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/68653

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 3
- Episode runtime: 55 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary
- Created by: Gédéon Naudet, Jules Naudet
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: François Hollande
- TMDB rating: 8.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8194716/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: sombre, intimate, harrowing, reflective, restrained

## What critics say

Viewers broadly acclaim the documentary for its intimate, humane portrayal of survivors and first responders during the November 2015 Paris attacks.

## Synopsis

November 13: Attack on Paris (2018) is a French documentary miniseries created by Gédéon Naudet and Jules Naudet for Netflix. Across three roughly fifty-five minute episodes, the series sets aside narration and lets survivors and first responders carry the story themselves, recounting where they were and what they saw during the Paris terror attacks of November 13, 2015. Their testimony moves between panic, grief and small acts of generosity, from strangers opening their doors to colleagues rushing toward danger. The engine is memory itself: people trying to put a fractured night into words, one account at a time. Rather than building a plot, each episode assembles layers of personal testimony into a portrait of a city absorbing a massacre. The tone is sombre, intimate and restrained, with a steady focus on anguish and resilience rather than spectacle. Its approach recalls the human-centred reconstructions of Chernobyl and the survivor-led immediacy of The Rescue, making it a fit for viewers who want a serious, grounded account of a recent national tragedy. Its French origin and its Paris setting give it a distinctly European perspective on an event that shaped the country's public life. Viewers searching for a sober true events docuseries about first responders and survivors will find it an affecting, unflinching watch.

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