Eleven rich people, one door, zero escape. The cult next door isn't what you think.
Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestFor ten years, eleven people from the same wealthy family lived under the sway of one man: Thierry Tilly. Convinced that they were victims of a conspiracy, they lived in seclusion, even though their door was wide open. Their blind trust in Thierry Tilly, whom they took to be their savior, led them to give him all their assets and obey him to the letter, even committing the impossible.
Direction
Cohen builds unease through restraint, never exploitation.
Editing
Juxtaposition of family archives and present-day reckoning.
Creator
Sandrine Cohen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Tilly case shattered French assumptions that cult manipulation only preys on the uneducated or poor.
The family's aristocratic lineage made them targets—Tilly exploited their shame about mental illness in high society.
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