La Mante

About La Mante

Jeanne Deber, known as "La Mante", the famous serial murderer who terrorized France more than 20 years ago, is forced by the police to come out of isolation to track down her copycat. She agrees to collaborate on one condition: to have only one interlocutor, Damien Carrot, her son, who became a cop because of the crimes of his mother, and who refuses all contact with her since her arrest.

La Mante is a crime series that ran on TF1. It reached one season of 6 episodes from September 2017.

Its themes are villain, prison, psychopath, and manhunt. Frédérique Bel appears as Virginie Delorme, Carole Bouquet as Jeanne Deber, Fred Testot as Damien Carrot, and Pascal Demolon as Commissaire Feracci.

American members can watch it on France Channel Amazon Channel.

Beyond Evil, Epitaphs, and Death Note make useful companions to La Mante, all filed under detective, investigation, and murder. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 162 votes and it carries a TV-14 rating.