The World Does Not Exist
TV Show · Drama · Crime

40-year-old Adam is a reporter who writes for a Parisian daily paper. When a newsreel flashes a picture of Axel Challe, the at-large suspected killer of young Lola Montes, Adam convinces his editor to let him go investigate the story. He returns to Guerches, the tiny town he fled 20 years earlier with no intention of ever setting foot there again.

2024 · 45m
Starring Niels Schneider, Maud Wyler, Julien Gaspar-Oliveri
Director Erwan Le Duc

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    Adam Vollmann, a journalist who has forged a new identity, spends his days behind a screen for the Web editorial office of the daily Aujourd'hui demain. One morning, he learns of a murder in his hometown. Shaken by the news, he asked to be sent out into the field, landing in Guerches-sur-Isoire in northern France.
    45m
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    As his editor urges him to send in an article, Adam receives mysterious anonymous messages and is confronted by his former stalkers, who don't recognize him. His mother's death, meanwhile, arouses guilt in him that he dares not face. Recalling his friendship with Axel Challe, he finds the hiding place the latter had revealed to him.
    47m
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    Adam files a complaint against his attackers. The gendarme, a former high school classmate, tells him about a new clue discovered in the Lola Montès case. Eager to help Adam, Fafa shares recent discoveries about Lola's past, but secrets seem to be well kept. Watching videos, Adam discovers that Axel's wife Sarah is concealing an affair.
    42m
  • EPISODE 4
    Episode 4
    Axel and Adam have arranged to meet. But their reunion is disrupted by the arrival of journalist Janine Tutor, who has been stalking Adam since his arrival. When the local newspaper reveals her true identity, Adam is once again beaten up. As a film crew sets up at his home for a series of location scouts, he begins to doubt the reality of all these events.
    45m

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Cast & Crew

  • Niels Schneider
    Adam Vollmann
  • Maud Wyler
    Sarah Challe
  • J‌G
    Julien Gaspar-Oliveri
    Fafa
  • A‌R
    Anne Rotger
    Dolores Montes
  • Saadia Bentaïeb
    Janine Tutor
  • N‌C
    Nicolas Chupin
    Franck Renou
  • Georgia Scalliet
    Myriam Mantel
  • M‌G
    Mwanza Goutier
    Jean-Jacques
  • R‌V
    Roman Villedieu
    Adam adolescent
  • N‌S
    Noé Stanic
    Axel Challe adolescent
  • M‌A
    Margot Alexandre
    Valérie Benson

About

The World Does Not Exist

Drama

40-year-old Adam is a reporter who writes for a Parisian daily paper. When a newsreel flashes a picture of Axel Challe, the at-large suspected killer of young Lola Montes, Adam convinces his editor to let him go investigate the story. He returns to Guerches, the tiny town he fled 20 years earlier with no intention of ever setting foot there again.

Information

Studio
ARTEFRC
Released
2024
© ARTE France, Image et Compagnie – Mediawan, Pictanovo

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  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
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  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
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  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
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