Osmosis (TV series)
A French sci-fi series exploring love through a neural dating app.
Osmosis is a French science fiction television series created by Audrey Fouché. Its first season of eight episodes was released on Netflix on 29 March 2019. The series was cancelled by Netflix after one season.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Science fiction; Drama
- Creator
- Audrey Fouché
- Starring
- Hugo Becker
- Agathe Bonitzer
- Stéphane Pitti
- Gaël Kamilindi
- Suzanne Rault-Balet
- Luna Silva
- Manoel Dupont
- Yuming Hey
- Composer
- HiTnRuN
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 8
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Production
Netflix ordered a first season of eight episodes on 11 May 2017. The series was created by Audrey Fouché, who also served as an executive producer. Osmosis originated from a 2015 project of the same name by Louis Chiche, William Chiche and Gabriel Chiche, produced by Telfrance and Arte. The premiere was announced for 29 March 2019 in February 2019. The first season cost 8 million euros, with each episode budgeted at 1 million euros. Audrey Fouché left her role as showrunner after the first season, confirmed on 1 April 2019. Casting announcements in August 2018 included Hugo Becker, Agathe Bonitzer, Stephane Pitti, Gael Kamilindi and Suzanne Rault-Balet; Luna Silva, Manoel Dupont and Yuming Hey were added in February 2019. Principal photography took place in Paris in 2018.
Reception
The first season received positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it held a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 6/10 based on 5 reviews. Noah Berlatsky of The Verge wrote that the technology in Osmosis is presented as a tool onto which people project dreams and fears, calling the approach thoughtful and refreshing. Greg Wheeler of The Review Geek recommended the season as a thrilling sci-fi trip that asks big questions about love and relationships. Devin Townsend of The Breeze complimented the series as thought-provoking and ironic, relying on the audience's understanding of modern dating cynicism. Jon O'Brien of i-D described Osmosis as offering an optimistic view of humans and machines coexisting harmoniously, with humans as the likely source of any disaster. Emma Stefansky of Thrillist praised the series, placing it alongside other foreign-language genre shows on Netflix such as Dark, The Rain, and Kingdom, and called it absorbing. Laurie Clarke of Techworld recommended the series, noting its subtle handling of a technologically entwined future compared to Black Mirror and its infusion of humanity into tech-centric fiction.
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