Name: Beyond Appearances
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2019-01-22
Rating: 7
Cast: Eva Carmen Jarriau, Cyrielle Debreuil, Sylvie Granotier, Louna Espinosa, Pascal Demolon

The perfect family facade cracks open—what's buried beneath will haunt you.

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French noirslow-burn dreaddomestic horror

Latest Episode

52 min

Season 1 • Episode 6

Latest

Episode 6

Jan 29, 2019

Overview

Drama Crime

All is not what it seems as a seemingly perfect family searches for their sister in haunting French mystery.

FR French

Content warning

familial complicityperformance of normalcythe unknowability of loved onesgenerational trauma

Standout Aspects

Acting

Jarriau's fractured stillness as the missing girl's sister.

Direction

Kaminka's patient, almost cruel withholding.

Cinematography

Bleached French countryside hiding rot.

Best for:Solo·Binge

Heads up:Disturbing

Creator

Stéphane Kaminka

First AiredJan 22, 2019

StatusOngoing

Vibe

Paceslow

Intensitymedium

Tonedark

Feelheavy

Seasons1·Episodes6

Top Cast

Eva Carmen Jarriau

Laura

Cyrielle Debreuil

Céline Verdet

Sylvie Granotier

Jeanne

Louna Espinosa

Pascal Demolon

Guillaume

Hélène Seuzaret

Manon

Clément Aubert

Benoit

Héléna Noguerra

Alexandra

Bruno Wolkowitch

Gabriel

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Part of France's 'nouveau polar' wave, where crime stories interrogate bourgeois respectability rather than glorify detectives.

Trivia

Kaminka shot the Verdet family home in chronological order, letting the actors' growing unease mirror their characters'—the final dinner scene was genuinely their last day together.

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