Plot Synopsis

Directed by Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun, VORTEX is a six-episode sci-fi thriller that follows police officer Ludovic "Ludo" Beguin, who reconnects with his dead wife through a glitch in virtual reality -- and then tries to negate the mysterious accident that cost her life. The story opens with a women found dead on the same beach where Ludo's wife died 27 years earlier, and he stumbles upon a space-time rift with unimaginable consequences. Ludo uncovers a link between Melanie's case and Zoe's -- and learns that his actions in virtual reality carry disturbing implications for the present. In the past, Melanie takes matters into her own hands. Forced to step back from the case after his gaffe with a suspect, Ludo goes home to a nightmare. All six episodes of VORTEX dropped on Friday, June 2, 2023 on Netflix.