Ad Vitam

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.

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

• Altered Carbonspeculative sci-fi with a near-future society built on a technology that reshapes mortality, crime-investigation frame, moody serialized mystery
• Black MirrorFrench-language near-future sci-fi drama with a dark, mystery-driven investigation tone
• DarkEuropean science fiction drama exploring technology, identity and a mystery in a near-future setting

Created by

Thomas Cailley, Sébastien Mounier

Release Date

2018-11-08

Episode runtime

52 min

Rating

6.4 / 10 (61)

What is Ad Vitam about?

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

What is Ad Vitam like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ad Vitam as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.

Is Ad Vitam violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Ad Vitam as mild.

What did critics think of Ad Vitam?

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

Which shows are like Ad Vitam?

Shows with a similar feel include Altered Carbon, Black Mirror, and Dark.

How long is Ad Vitam?

Ad Vitam: 1 season, 6 episodes.

Is Ad Vitam still running?

No, Ad Vitam has ended.