Boîte noire, an aviation thriller directed by Yann Gozlan, is broadcast on France 2 on Sunday, September 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM. Released in theaters in 2021, the film brings together Pierre Niney, Lou de Laâge and André Dussollier for an investigation into the unexplained crash of a passenger airliner.
Pierre Niney stars as Mathieu Vasseur, an acoustics analyst at the Bureau d'enquêtes et d'analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile. After the disappearance of a Dubai-to-Paris flight over the Alpine mountains, he is tasked with examining the black box recordings to determine the cause of the catastrophe.
Pilot error, technical failure, or a terrorist act: several scenarios are on the table. Yet a handful of anomalies spotted in the recordings push Mathieu to question the conclusions of the official investigation. Convinced that a crucial detail is eluding him, he continues his covert pursuit, risking his career and his personal life.
Co-written by Yann Gozlan, Simon Moutaïrou and Nicolas Bouvet-Levrard, Boîte noire leans heavily on sound to drive its suspense. Hushed conversations, static and mechanical clanks become clues the protagonist labors to isolate and interpret. Viewers follow the investigation from the perspective of this analyst, whose growing fixation gradually blurs the line between intuition and paranoia.
The film marks a new collaboration between Yann Gozlan and Pierre Niney following Un homme idéal. The director has since continued his exploration of psychological thrillers with Dalloway, while Pierre Niney leads the cast here alongside Lou de Laâge, André Dussollier, Sébastien Pouderoux, André Marcon and Olivier Rabourdin.
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