If we learned anything from Tony Soprano, it’s that even the world’s worst criminals need a mediator. And in Furies, a high-octane French action series, there are six mafia families in need of some major — and majorly violent — intervention. While hunting down her father’s murderer, a young woman is recruited by the peacekeeper of the Paris mafia who’s looking for a successor to thwart an impending war among the city’s criminal underbelly. Starring Lina El Arabi, Marina Foïs, and Mathieu Kassovitz, the series is from Kepler(s) creators Jean-Yves Arnaud and Yoann Legave. Keep reading to learn more about Seasons 1 and 2 of the action-packed drama.
Lina El Arabi as Lyna Guerrab in Furies
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College student Lyna (El Arabi) is excited for her birthday — her favorite day of the year. And this’ll be one she’ll never forget … but for all the wrong reasons. As she sits down to celebrate with her parents, both of whom are criminals, her father is shot and killed. Because of her parents’ ties to the city’s most notorious crime families, Lyna’s sent to jail after she’s unable to identify her father’s killer. While there, she re-ups her self-defense skills and tracks down info on a mysterious figure called The Fury (Foïs), a dangerous, justice-serving keeper of the peace among those who run the seedy underbelly of the French capital.
Upon her release, Lyna sets out to find the truth about her father’s murder — by infiltrating the Parisian crime syndicate where The Fury reigns. But it turns out The Fury, whose real name is Selma, could use Lyna’s help. As Selma trains her potential new recruit, the pair uncover a dark conspiracy that threatens the criminal underworld.
The series takes place in Paris, France.
Yes, you can stream Furies: Resistance now. The eight-episode sophomore season picks up two years after the Season 1 finale and finds Lyna facing threats from every direction when a new organization called Damocles starts taking over the mafia territories of Paris.
Marina Foïs as Selma, aka The Fury, in Furies
No, it’s not based on a book.
No, it’s fictional.
