Anthracite (TV series)

Anthracite (French: Anthracite: Le mystère de la secte des Écrins) is a six part French television series, created by Fanny Robert and Maxime Berthemy and released on April 10, 2024, on Netflix. It is based on the case of the Order of the Solar Temple sect, responsible for the December 1995 massacre in Isère.

Anthracite
Promotional release poster
French	Anthracite: Le mystère de la secte des Écrins
Created by	Fanny Robert Maxime Berthemy
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	10 April 2024 (2024-04-10) – present

Synopsis

When journalist Solal Heilman disappears in Lévionna, a fictional small town in the French Alps, his daughter Ida sets out to find him. She travels to the town, where she meets ex-convict Jaro. The two investigate, revealing secrets linked to a religious sect which was active in Lévionna thirty years earlier, in 1994.

Cast and characters

• Hatik : Jaro Gatsi
• Camille Lou : Giovanna DeLuca, a police officer
• Noémie Schmidt : Ida Heilman, "websleuth"
• Masha Billy : Malia Gatsi, Jaro's daughter
• Nicolas Godart : Romeo DeLuca, Giovanna's brother
• Isabelle Candelier : Carmela DeLuca, Giovanna and Romeo's mother
• Raphaël Ferret : Erwan Le Floch
• Basile Violette : Titouan Le Floch, Giovanna and Erwan's son
• Jean-Marc Barr : Solal Heilman, Ida's father, investigative journalist
• Stefano Cassetti : Caleb Johansson, leader of the sect
• Kad Merad : Claude Chevallier, Jaro's uncle
• Romane de Stabenrath : Juliette Chevallier, Jaro's mother
• Florence Muller : Marie Chevallier, Claude's wife
• Marianne Basler : Valérie Faure
• Roxane Arnal : young Valérie Faure
• Vincent Rottiers : Vincent
• Léo Legrand : Hari Faure, doctor and Romeo's boyfriend
• Bernard Blancan : Denis Monnier
• Anaïs Parello : Anaïs Aymard
• Ludmilla Makowski : Emma Marçais, murder victim
• Étienne Diallo : Sofiane Klaus
• Séverine Vincent : La Detraz
• Apollonia Luisetti : young La Detraz

• Photos of the actors
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  Hatik (Jaro Gatsi).
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  Camille Lou (Giovanna DeLuca).
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  Noémie Schmidt (Ida Heilman).
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  Isabelle Candelier (Carmela DeLuca).
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  Raphaël Ferret (Erwann Le Floch).
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  Jean-Marc Barr (Solal Heilman).
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  Kad Merad (Claude Chevallier).
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  Florence Muller (Marie Chevallier).

Episodes

1. Still on Fire (French: Les flammes brûlent encore)
2. The 13th Disciple (French: Le 13e Disciple)
3. Trust No One (French: Tu ne peux faire confiance à personne)
4. Levia Borelis (French: Levia Borelis)
5. A Darker Shadow (French: Une ombre plus noire encore)
6. The Point of Equilibrium (French: L'Équilibre du monde)

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 67% of 6 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.3/10. Stephanie Morgan of Common Sense Media gave the series two stars out of five.

External links

• Anthracite at IMDb 
• Anthracite on Netflix