Director: Julius Berg
A missing reporter, a decades-old file nobody wanted reopened, and a mountain town that keeps its secrets close — Anthracite pulls a French crime drama out of the fog and into the light.
What is Anthracite about?
The disappearance of a journalist sends his daughter, an amateur web sleuth with no patience for official dead ends, into the isolated town where he was last seen. What she finds is a community shaped by an old sect whose influence never really faded, along with a string of deaths the local authorities would rather leave buried. Each thread she pulls exposes another layer of complicity among people who have spent years protecting themselves rather than the truth. The series moves between the present-day search and glimpses of the case that first drew her father there, letting the two timelines close in on each other. Isolation is as much a character as any person on screen: fog-bound roads, close-knit families, and a landscape that makes it easy to disappear.
Cast & crew
Hatik and Noémie Schmidt anchor the investigation, with Camille Lou, Kad Merad, and Jean-Marc Barr filling out a town where everyone seems to be hiding something. Director Julius Berg keeps the ensemble grounded rather than theatrical, which suits the show's slow-burn unease.
Context & significance
Anthracite arrived in 2024 as part of a wave of French-language mystery series built around remote settings and long-buried crimes, a genre that has traveled well internationally thanks to its patient pacing and strong sense of place. At six episodes, it favors atmosphere and character over rapid twists, closer in spirit to a serialized investigation than a procedural.
Where & how to watch
Anthracite is available to stream on K-Time with a free account login, including Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles for viewers who prefer the story in Farsi. The platform's interface is built with the Iranian diaspora audience in mind, so browsing, searching, and switching language tracks all work in Farsi as well as English.