42 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestMarianne is a rising star in the highly competitive world of video game design. At the dawn of her thirties, she develops her own game in a large Montreal studio where her fiancé, Julien, also works. After participating in a panel, where she denounces the trolls who pour their venom on the Internet, Marianne is drawn into a controversy that ignites social networks. In the wake of this storm, she is the victim of an aggression of which she will have no memory. A total blackout that haunts her like a nightmare and tries to elucidate the mystery.
Acting
Leboeuf's unraveling is physically devastating to watch
Direction
Gaming aesthetics bleeding into paranoid reality
Writing
The panel scene that launched a thousand Reddit threads
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before Gamergate testimonies peaked in mainstream media, making it eerily prescient Quebecois television.
The fictional game Marianne designs bears striking similarities to actual Montreal-developed indie hit Celeste — which itself deals with mental illness, creating a meta-layer the creators likely intended.
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