Ad VitamEnding Explained: What Evidence Did Léo Have — and Did Franck Get Justice for Nico's Death?

Mar. 15, 2025

Guillaume Canet as Franck Lazareff in Netflix’s ‘Ad Vitam’ (2025).Photo:Christophe Brachet/ Netflix

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Warning:Ad Vitamspoilers ahead!

International espionage,government coverupsand paragliding action scenes —Ad Vitamhas got it all.

The French Netflix thriller follows Franck (Guillaume Canet), an ex-elite agent racing to uncover a dangerous conspiracy after a group of armed, masked men kidnap his pregnant wife, Léo (Stéphane Caillard).

So, how doesAd Vitamend? Here’s everything to know about the thriller’s final moments and what they mean for the future of Franck, Léo and the French government.

How didAd Vitamend?

A scene from Netflix’s ‘Ad Vitam’ (2025).Christophe Brachet/ Netflix

Through a clever ruse, the trio manages to escape, but Léo is shot and starts going into labor. Franck’s focus shifts from exposing the truth to getting his pregnant wife to safety.

An intense chase ensues from the Rambouillet Forest throughVersaillestoParis, where Franck takes Léo to the hospital to get treated and give birth.

What happened to Franck and Léo at the end ofAd Vitam?

Guillaume Canet as Franck Lazareff in Netflix’s ‘Ad Vitam’ (2025).Christophe Brachet/ Netflix

Throughout the entire kidnapping, she had held onto a hidden key that could access the evidence. After Franck is imprisoned, Léo frequently visits him while he awaits trial and the couple plan how to get justice.

Léo then uses the evidence as leverage in court to clear Franck’s name, reveal the truth about Nico’s death and expose the government’s role in the conspiracy and the effort to silence her husband.

Franck is eventually released and reunites with Léo and their daughter.

What doesAd Vitammean in Latin?

Guillaume Canet as Franck Lazareff and Stéphane Caillard as Leo in Netflix’s ‘Ad Vitam’ (2025).Christophe Brachet/ Netflix

The film’s title is a Latin phrase that means “for life.” This thematic mantra is shown both in Franck’s efforts to save his wife and unborn child and the evidence he needs to expose the truth.

Flashbacks reveal that Franck’s late father was also a member of the GIGN. When Franck follows in his footsteps and joins the force, he’s given his dad’s police badge. On it is an inscription that reads “Ad Vitam.”

After Nico dies and the GIGN dismisses Franck on the grounds that he put his team in danger, Franck finds a bloodstain on the badge. He gets it DNA tested and proves that his theory was right: the men he and Nico faced that fatal night weren’t small-time crooks like the GIGN insisted. Instead, they were actually high-ranking government moles.

Will there be anAd Vitamsequel?

Netflix has not announced any plans for a sequel film. But the ending ofAd Vitamdoes position the possibility for Franck and Léo to, once again, be at the center of a government conspiracy.

Though the final scenes paint a happy ending for the couple, who are raising their new daughter, Franck and Léo made plenty of powerful enemies and some may want to silence them for good.

source: people.com