La Vraie Vie: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Victor Assié is a young actor who begins to question the purpose of his work. Directors Ekiem Barbier and Guilhem Causse give him an unusual assignment: to inhabit a virtual avatar and explore an online life simulation-an apparently familiar yet subtly disordered world. In this digital realm, Victor must start from scratch: get a driver's license, buy a car, find a job... but nothing is quite what it seems. As he navigates this strange but eerily real simulation, Victor's journey becomes both absurd and profound, blending humor, doubt, and revelation. Across five episodes, La Vraie Vie probes our relationship to reality and how identity adapts when life and simulation intersect.

Series details

• Title: La Vraie Vie
• Format: Documentary
• Language: French
• Premiere date: 2025-10-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2025-10-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: ARTE.tv
• TVMaze ID: 90311
• IMDb ID: tt38629266
• TVDB ID: 468957

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-10-06; final listed air date 2025-10-06; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from La Vraie Vie on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.