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Ad Vitam (2018)

Ad Vitam poster
Directed by
Manuel Schapira, Thomas Cailley
Genre
drama, sci-fi & fantasy
Country
France
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 59 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a future where aging has been conquered, a police detective and a young woman investigate the unexplained suicides of seven teenagers. They uncover a dark secret tied to the miracle treatment.

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What happens

Ad Vitam is a 2018 French-language TV series starring Yvan Attal, Garance Marillier and Niels Schneider. The plot is set in a world where a highly effective medical treatment for aging called "Regeneration" has been discovered. A cop, Darius Asram (Yvan Attal), and a rebellious young woman, Christa Novak (Garance Marillier), are investigating the suicides of seven teenagers. It was released on November 8, 2018, on Arte, and internationally on Netflix on June 21, 2019 but removed in September 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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