In the hospital where she works in Brest, France, a lung specialist discovers a direct link between suspicious deaths and state-approved medicine. She fights single-handedly for the truth to come out.
Acting
Knudsen's restrained fury carries every scene.
Direction
Bercot makes paperwork feel like warfare.
Writing
No villains, just cowards — somehow worse.
Director
Emmanuelle Bercot
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Dr Irène Frachon, pulmonologist
Benoît Magimel
Dr Antoine Le Bihan, professor
Charlotte Laemmel
'Patoche', nurse
Isabelle De Hertogh
Corinne Zacharria, Irene's patient
Lara Neumann
Anne Jouan, journalist
Patrick Ligardes
Bruno Frachon, Irene's husband
Philippe Uchan
Dr Aubert, spokesperson for Servier
Gustave Kervern
Charles Kermarec, publisher of Irène
Pablo Pauly
Charles-Joseph Oudin, victims' lawyer
Olivier Pasquier
Arsène Weber, Cnam's "Father Christmas"
Myriam Azencot
Dr Catherine Haynes, epidemiologist
Eddie Chignara
Christophe Laugier
Raphaël Ferret
Fred, biostatistician
Christophe Meynet
David, research assistant
Gilles Treton
Dr Yannick Jobic, cardiologist
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Dr. Irène Frachon still practices in Brest and continues medical activism.
The Mediator scandal exposed one of Europe's deadliest pharmaceutical cover-ups — up to 2,000 deaths.
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