THE HUNT

(Traqués)

Preview Screening | TV Series | France | 2025 | Thriller | 6 x 52’ | Episodes 1 & 2 | In French with English subtitles

Directed by: Cédric Anger
Written by: Cédric Anger
Produced by:  Isabelle Degeorges, Clémentine Vaudaux, Alexis Barqueiro and Sidonie Dumas (Gaumont)
Cinematography: Rémy Chevrin
Original Score: Jean-Pierre Ensuque, Eric Neveux
Film Editing: MPC
Cast: Benoît Magimel (Franck), Mélanie Laurent (Krystel), Damien Bonnard (Xavier), Manuel Guillot (Gilles), Cédric Appietto (Simon), Frédéric Maranber (Léo), Angelyna Mignot (Aya)
International Distributor: Apple TV+
Original Broadcast: Apple TV+

Synopsis

Franck (Benoît Magimel) and his longtime friends enjoy spending their weekends hunting together, but one Sunday, they come across another group of hunters who start targeting them without explanation. When one of their party is shot, Franck’s friends strike back, sending an attacker to the ground. Barely managing to escape, the four friends keep the event a secret. Franck tries to go back to his life as usual alongside his wife Krystel (Mélanie Laurent), but in the next few days, he starts to feel like he and his friends are being watched, or worse, tracked by hunters who are now hell-bent on revenge.

Director’s biography

A former journalist at Cahiers du Cinéma, Cédric Anger turned to screenwriting at the turn of the 21st century, co-writing Xavier Beauvois’ To Matthieu (2000). In 2002, he wrote and directed his first short, Novela, then went on to cowrite Werner Schroeter’s Deux (2002) and Xavier Beauvois’ The Young Lieutenant (2005). He returned to the director’s chair with The Killer (COLCOA 2008); The Counsel (2010); Next Time I’ll Aim for the Heart (COLCOA 2015), which was nominated for a César Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; and Paris Pigalle (2018). His other screenwriting credits include André Téchine’s In the Name of My Daughter (COLCOA 2015), Golden Years (2017), and Soul Mates (2023); Thierry Klifa’s All That Divides Us (2017) Douglas Attal’s How I Became a Superhero (2020); Mélanie Laurent’s Wingwomen (2023); the miniseries In the Shadows(TAFFF 2024) and The Richest Woman in the World (TAFFF 2025)