This eight-part French drama opens with a sixteen year old girl, Léa Morel, going to a festival with her friends
she doesn't come home. At first it is just assumed she spent the night with one of her friends but it soon becomes apparent that she has gone missing. The police are called in and it soon becomes apparent that Léa had secrets and wasn't the 'good girl' her parents believed her to be; she had been taking drugs, had a secret boyfriend and was skipping school. As the investigation continues suspicion shifts from one family member or friend to another. Inevitably tension rises and tempers fray as Léa's parents have different ideas about how to deal with the situation. In the case of her father this rather annoys the police as he tries to investigate himself and in doing so interferes with their investigation.
Missing/murdered children has been a frequent theme of mysteries in the last few years with the likes of 'The Killing' and 'Broadchurch' thankfully it hasn't become stale yet and this is solid addition to the genre. As with those series this concentrates on how the family deals with the situation as well as the police investigation. There is a good cast of characters and before the series is finished suspicion falls on most of Léa's family and friends. This does unfortunately mean we get a 'suspect of the episode' and by the end we can guess that the person behind Léa's disappearance will be one of the few people the police have yet to question that isn't much of a problem though and there are a few twists before the end. The cast do a fine job making the characters believable as they deal with the situation. There are a few clichés and coincidences but these aren't enough to spoil the series. Overall I'd recommend this series to fans of subtitled drama.
These comments are based on watching the series in French with English subtitles.
Missing/murdered children has been a frequent theme of mysteries in the last few years with the likes of 'The Killing' and 'Broadchurch' thankfully it hasn't become stale yet and this is solid addition to the genre. As with those series this concentrates on how the family deals with the situation as well as the police investigation. There is a good cast of characters and before the series is finished suspicion falls on most of Léa's family and friends. This does unfortunately mean we get a 'suspect of the episode' and by the end we can guess that the person behind Léa's disappearance will be one of the few people the police have yet to question that isn't much of a problem though and there are a few twists before the end. The cast do a fine job making the characters believable as they deal with the situation. There are a few clichés and coincidences but these aren't enough to spoil the series. Overall I'd recommend this series to fans of subtitled drama.
These comments are based on watching the series in French with English subtitles.