A mother and a coroner walk into your worst nightmare—no punchline, just questions.
Season 3 • Episode 6
LatestBête noire the collateral effects of an unforgivable act commited by Jérémy, a 16 year-old teenager. With the help of the psychiatrist-coroner in charge of the investigation, his mother tries to understand how her son, a seemingly normal boy, could commit such a heinous act. What caused this nightmare? When did everything change? Together, the two women try to solve the mystery of Jérémy.
Acting
Sophie Cadieux carries impossible maternal weight.
Writing
Refuses easy answers about violence and boyhood.
Direction
Cold, clinical framing that mirrors the coroner’s gaze.
Sophie Cadieux
Éliane Sirois
Martin Dubreuil
Jasmin Boisvert
Marilyn Castonguay
Joanie
Jean-François Pronovost
Hugo
Jean-Simon Leduc
Yannick
Sandrine Bisson
Lieutenante-détective Myriam Bélisle
Stéphane Breton
Jean-François
Aurélia Arandi-Longpré
Pistache
Dominique Quesnel
Gisèle
Arnaud Lemaire
Albert
Wood-Alder Barthelmy
Grizzly
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of post-Polytechnique Quebec television examining masculine violence through female perspectives.
Poisson and Lowe developed the series after interviewing real coroners who described 'second victims'—parents left without explanations.
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