The series follows a group of people who are hijacked while on board a red-eye flight from Brussels. Terenzio, the hijacker, was an Italian NATO soldier. He forces his way onto the commercial aircraft and demands an early take-off. The handful of people in the aircraft becomes some of the survivors from a deadly global event that results from exposure to sunlight. The plane heads west in an attempt to survive this catastrophe that kills all living organisms during daylight hours. The group - led by Mathieu, the pilot, and Sylvie, a passenger - must work together to keep the sun behind them. The group must deal with fuel shortage, irradiated food, hidden agenda, and other problems in their race to reach an underground military bunker.
Cast
Main
Pauline Etienne as Sylvie Bridgette Dubois, a former military helicopter pilot
Laurent Capelluto as Mathieu Daniel Douek, a co-pilot
Stefano Cassetti as Terenzio Matteo Gallo, a NATO officer
Mehmet Kurtuluş as Ayaz Kobanbay, a mysterious Turkish man
Babetida Sadjo as Laura Djalo, a home-care nurse
Jan Bijvoet as Richard "Rik" Mertens, a security guard who was travelling to Moscow to see his girlfriend
Ksawery Szlenkier as Jakub Kieslowski, a mechanic
Vincent Londez as Horst Baudin, a climate scientist
Regina Bikkinina as Zara Oblonskaya, a Russian mother who has a sick son, Dominik
Alba Gaïa Bellugi as Ines Mélanie Ricci, a digital influencer and internet celebrity.
Nabil Mallat as Osman Azizi, an airport cleaner
Nicolas Alechine as Dominik, the sick son of Zara
Astrid Whettnall as Gabrielle Renoir, a stewardess
Others
Borys Szyc as Polish soldier in the bunker
James McElvar as Freddie
Edwin Thomas as Roger
Robbie Nock as John
Mihail Mutafov as Volkov
Laura Sépul as Chlóe
Yassine Fadel as Nabil
Episodes
Production
Development
On September 3, 2019, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order for a 6-episode first season. The series is created by Jason George who is also credited as an executive producer of the series alongside, D.J. Talbot, Tomek Baginski and Jacek Dukaj. Production companies involved with the series were slated to consist of Entre chien et loup. On July 1, 2020, the series was renewed by Netflix for a second season.
Casting
On September 30, 2019 it was confirmed that Mehmet Kurtuluş, Astrid Whettnall, Pauline Etienne, Bebetida Sadjo, Laurent Capelluto, Alba Bellugi, Nabil Mallat, Regina Bikkinina, Vincent Londez, Jan Bijvoet, Stefano Cassetti, Ksawery Szlenkier, Yassine Fadel, Laura Sepul and Nicolas Aleshine had been cast in the series.
Release
Premiere
On April 24, 2020, Netflix released the official trailer for the series.
