6 x 60 minutes | World Premiere at CANNESERIES Season 9
English
French & English subtitles
Episode 1 & 2
Screening of two episodes, in the presence of the series' team.
Age restriction : 16+
Synopsis
Dan Stevens (Abigail, Downton Abbey), who also serves as executive producer, stars as Pepper – a working-class moving man who, through a combination of bad luck and a bad temper, finds himself wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital – an institution filled with those society would rather forget. There, he must contend with patients working against him, doctors harboring grim secrets, and perhaps even the Devil himself. As Pepper navigates a hellscape where nothing is as it seems, he finds that the only path to freedom is to face the entity which thrives on the suffering within New Hyde’s walls – but doing so may prove that the worst demons of all live inside him.
Note from the artistic direction
The anthology series, whose first two seasons made a lasting impression, returns with a new chapter inspired by Victor LaValle’s novel, Devil in Silver. The story, set in contemporary times, takes place in a bleak psychiatric hospital where we encounter forgotten residents - including an unrecognizable Judith Light - who have grown accustomed to living alongside an evil presence. The arrival of a new resident will change everything. A modern-day One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, or a metaphor for present-day America?