The intruder

2025
Nathalie Abdelnour
Main cast: Mélanie Doutey, Lucie Fagedet, Eric Caravaca
Production: Tetra Media
Distributer : France TV

Best Series Award, Best Screenplay Award and Best Direction Award at the Luchon TV Festival 2025

Synopsis: Paula, 40, is nearing the end of her maternity leave. She's due back at work in a few days. But she's not ready. Orso, her youngest child, has exhausted her, not to mention her two older children.

With her husband Jérôme, she hires Tess, a young au pair… Tess seems perfect. She's a rare find. But Paula quickly feels uneasy around the young woman. Yet she's the only one. Everyone adores Tess… But she notices changes in her household and an increasing number of incidents that make her look like a bad mother… She senses that something is wrong, but no one believes her when she claims that Tess wants to hurt them… They tell her it's probably just her postpartum depression making her paranoid. Unless Paula herself has something to hide?

As for Tess, she didn't end up here by chance. What is she looking for when she enters this home? 

When a stranger enters your private life, you have to weigh the risks and consequences. A family is often tiring and exhausting, yet it's when you risk losing it that you realize its full importance.