Éternelle is a French television miniseries

Miniseries

A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...

. It was produced by Alizés Film (France) in a format of six episodes of 52 minutes, directed by Didier Delaître. It stars Claire Keim

Claire Keim

-Biography:Keim was born in Senlis, Oise to an architect and a dentist.She had a relationship with an actor Frédéric Diefenthal. She is in a relationship with French footballer Bixente Lizarazu and lives between Saint Jean de Luz and Paris...

and was broadcast for the first time on M6 between July 30, 2009 and August 13, 2009 on prime time.

Plot summary

On a rainy night, Yann Violine, a night doctor, bumps with his SUV into a young nude woman. She is carried to the hospital, she has lost memory and is infected by an unknown bacteria. She quickly refuses to be separated from the man who injured her, and she is a complete mystery for everybody, medical personnel and police. Yann discovers that she has strange powers such as mind reading, and she can exchange personality, memories and abilities with the people she meets. She has also a kind of Sumerian birthmark on her left thigh.

Cast

• Claire Keim : « She »
• Guillaume Cramoisan : Yann Voline
• Boris Terral : Christophe Morel
• Antoine Duléry : Lieutenant Gir
• Arthur Jugnot : Martin
• Elsa Mollien : Karine
• Asil Rais : Ikshan
• Audrey Fleurot : Svetlana Jankova
• Serge Riaboukine : Shakin

Reception and distribution

The series was quite successful in France. It gathered 4 million viewers on the first night (19,6 % market share), which is good in France for science fiction on prime time television. For the following episodes, the audience settled down at 2.5 millions. The second season is in progress of writing.

The series is available on DVD in France.