Furies (TV series)

Furies is a French action drama television series, produced and streamed by Netflix, created by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Jean-Yves Arnaud, and Yoann Legave, and starring Lina El Arabi, Marina Foïs, and Mathieu Kassovitz. It premiered on 1 March 2024.^[1]

Furies
Genre	Action drama
Created by	Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Jean-Yves Arnaud Yoann Legave
Screenplay by	Quoc Dang Tran
Starring	Lina El Arabi Marina Foïs Mathieu Kassovitz
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producers	Raphaël Rocher Eric Laroche
Running time	45 minutes
Production companies	Daïmôn Films Empreinte Digitale
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	1 March 2024 (2024-03-01) – present

Synopsis

Furies follows Lyna, a student "yearning for the simplicity of a normal life" with her boyfriend Elie, a police officer.^[2] Her parents are criminals, however, and when they are gunned down in a mob-related attack, Lyna goes to jail for refusing to tell the police who killed them. Upon release, she starts a search for the killers, which leads her to Selma, a.k.a. the Fury, who wants to recruit Lyna to follow in her footsteps.^[3] It is the job of the Fury to keep the peace among Paris's six major crime families.^[4]

Cast and characters

• Lina El Arabi as Lyna Guerrab
• Marina Foïs as Selma, the Fury
• Mathieu Kassovitz as Driss
• Steve Tientcheu as Simon
• Quentin Faure as Nico
• Jeremy Nadeau as Elie
• Sandor Funtek as Orso
• Anne Azoulay as Mama
• Eye Haïdara as Keïta
• Fatima Adoum as Amythis Guerrab

Reception

The series has elicited comparisons to the work of Luc Besson.^[5]