Mortel

Mortel (French for '"Deadly" or "Mortal"') is a French-produced supernatural television series. The plot revolves around three teenagers, two of whom have acquired superpowers after making a deal with a supernatural being in order to solve a murder. The show premiered on Netflix on 21 November 2019.[1] In January 2020, Netflix announced that the series had been renewed for a second season.[2]

Mortel
Genre
Created byFrederic Garcia
Directed by
  • Simon Astier
  • Edouard Salier
Starring
Country of originFrance
Original language(s)French
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Producer(s)
  • Gilles de Verdière
  • Régis Vallon
Running time50 minutes
Release
Original networkNetflix
Original release21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)
External links
Website

Synopsis

Two teenagers, Sofiane and Victor, make a pact with a voodoo god Obé to allow them solve and avenge the apparent murder of Sofiane's brother, Reda. Sofiane is given the power by Obé to manipulate other people's actions, while Victor can read their minds. Both however must be present near each other for their powers to work.[3] They also enlist the help of Luisa, who practices voodoo with her grandmother, so they may be free of the grip that Obé has on them and banish Obé from the world.

Cast and characters

  • Carl Malapa as Sofiane
  • Nemo Schiffman as Victor
  • Manon Bresch as Luisa
  • Corentin Fila as Obé
  • Sami Outabali as Reda, brother of Sofiane
  • Firmine Richard as Elizabeth, Luisa's grandmother
  • Anaïs Thomas
  • Raphaëlle Agogué
  • Marvin Dubart
  • Léa Léviant
  • Assa Sylla
  • Stéphane Brel

Reception

The show received a mixed reception from the critics.[4][5][6] GQ magazine, despite some reservation about its special effect, praised the skill of the story-telling, the acting of the principal actors, as well as the soundtracks. It considered the show to be the best French series since the launch of Netflix and deserving of a second season.[7] Télérama was highly critical, considering the series more laughable than a hit, and its music failed to hide its stylistic flaws.[8] Premiere thought the series veered awkwardly between teen drama and its supernatural elements but was nevertheless successful stylistically.[9] Based only on its first episode, the Decider found the series to be too muddled to continue watching a second episode. [10]

gollark: Just patch the interpreter?
gollark: GPUs do this, kind of. GPUs are fast. Therefore, do this.
gollark: Obvious objections:- "what do you even mean, gollark, that sounds like just ILP but stupider" - maybe, yes, the main difference being execution of separate bits of the program at once- "why did you just invent SIMD but worse, ish" - oops- "but cache contention" - too bad, consume bees
gollark: Well, the obvious* solution to program counter counterness is to just add more program counters, by which I mean hardware-accelerated greenerer threads with no context-switching overhead for more effectively utilizing execution units.
gollark: Advantages of expanding out powers:- leaves less RAM unused. Unused RAM is wasted RAM!- differentiation can be defined more lazily- palaiologos suffers- fewer rulesDisadvantages:- none

References

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