# Ad Vitam (2018)

> In a future where regeneration technology lets humans live indefinitely, a cop and a troubled young woman investigate a strange wave of youth suicides.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/70065

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 52 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: science fiction, drama, mystery
- Created by: Thomas Cailley, Sébastien Mounier
- Network: ARTE
- Cast: Yvan Attal, Garance Marillier, Niels Schneider, Rod Paradot, Hanna Schygulla, Anne Azoulay, Victor Assié, Anthony Bajon
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8548830/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Tone: melancholic, bleak, cerebral, tense

## What critics say

Audience reception is mixed, with a middling rating for this French science fiction miniseries about regeneration technology and youth suicides.

## Synopsis

Ad Vitam (2018) is a French science fiction drama miniseries created by Thomas Cailley and Sébastien Mounier for ARTE. Yvan Attal plays Darius, and Garance Marillier plays Christa, a troubled young woman who team up as an investigator and a suspect-adjacent outsider. Their investigation centres on a strange wave of youth suicides in a future where regeneration technology allows people to live indefinitely. The engine of the story is the tension between the unsettling cause of the deaths and the institutions that profit from extended life, unfolding across six hour-long episodes that form one continuous mystery. Its shape is a single limited run, with each episode tightening the search for answers and deepening the characters' personal stakes. The series leans into a cool, muted atmosphere of unease, grief and moral doubt, with a melancholic undercurrent. Fans of Altered Carbon, Dark and the anthology unease of Black Mirror will find resonance here. Presented as a self-contained French-language production, it rewards patient attention and a taste for speculative drama.

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