Misery on France 4: Kathy Bates and Stephen King’s psychological thriller, Digi Mart USA News: France 4 will broadcast “Misery” this Friday, November 13, 2026, starting at 10:40 p.m. Adapted from the Stephen King novel by Rob Reiner, the chilling thriller earned Kathy Bates the Academy Award for Best Actress.
It will air in the second part of the evening.
The film opens with a successful novelist who is rescued after a car accident during a snowstorm by an isolated nurse who calls herself his greatest admirer. Grateful at first, the writer gradually realizes that his benefactor has no intention of letting him leave.
Reiner turns a house lost in the mountains into the stage for an increasingly stifling power struggle. Without unnecessary effects, he builds tension through the mechanics of the confined setting alone, leading to scenes that have become cult classics of the suspense genre.
Kathy Bates plays Annie Wilkes, the “number one fan” whose devotion turns into obsession. Her performance, both friendly and terrifying, won her the Best Actress Oscar in 1991 and remains one of the most memorable in the genre.
Opposite her, James Caan plays the captive novelist, reduced to immobility.
Released in 1990, “Misery” is adapted from the Stephen King novel by screenwriter William Goldman. Rob Reiner, who had previously worked in comedy and fantasy, shows here his ease moving between registers, delivering one of the most effective adaptations of the author’s work.
Broadcast details: channel France 4; day Friday, November 13, 2026; starting time from 10:40 p.m.; type second part of the evening; genre psychological thriller; year 1990; directed by Rob Reiner; starring Kathy Bates and James Caan.
