Thriller – The American French Film Festival in Los Angeles https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org The American French Film Festival in Los Angeles Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:43:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 MALDOROR https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/maldoror/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/maldoror/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:57:49 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=21100

COMING TO US THEATRES IN 2025 BEFORE A DIGITAL RELEASE.

MALDOROR

| 2025 – 155′ –  Drama, Crime, Thriller. A Belgium/France Co-Production.
Written by: Fabrice du Welz, Domenico La Porta.
Directed by: Fabrice du Welz .
Starring: Anthony Bajon, Alba Gaia Bellugi, Alexis Manenti, Sergi Lopez, Laurent Lucas, David Murgia, Béatrice Dalle, Lubna Azabal.
Official Selection Venice International Film Festival 2024.
In French with English subtitles.
A Film Movement release. |

 

When two girls go missing, Paul Chartier, an impulsive young police recruit, is assigned to “Maldoror”. This secret unit has been set up to monitor a dangerous sex offender. When the operation fails, fed up with the limits of the legal system, Chartier embarks on a solitary hunt to bring down the culprits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SQUAD 36 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/squad-36/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/squad-36/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:34:29 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=21084

AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX ON FEBRUARY 28, 2025

SQUAD 36

| 2025 – 123′ –  Thriller, Crime, Action, Film & Literature.
Written by: Olivier Marchal.
Based on the Novel by: Michel Tourscher.
Directed by: Olivier Marchal.
Starring: Victor Belmondo, Tewfik Jallab, Yvan Attal, Juliette Dol, Soufiane Guerrab, Sonia Bendhaou.
In English or In French with English subtitles.
A Netflix Original release. |

Transferred to the Anti-Crime Brigade, a senior officer probes the deaths of two ex-colleagues and disappearance of another, exposing a bitter feud within the police force. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OUR DAY WILL COME https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/our-day-will-come/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:48:32 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20892

OUR DAY WILL COME

| 2013 – 87′ – Drama, Thriller.
Written by: Romain Gavras, Karim Boukercha.
Directed by: Romain Gavras.
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Olivier Barthelemy, Justine Lerooy, Charlotte Decas, Boris Gamthety, Rodolphe Blanchet, Chloe Cathoen, Sylvain Le Mynez, Pierre Boulanger.
Official Competition COLCOA 2011.
In French with English subtitles.
An Oscilloscope Pictures release. |

In this hallucinatory thriller, two outcast redheads – a psychologist (Vincent Cassel) and a bullied teen (Olivier Barthélémy) – embark on a journey to Ireland. But what starts as a search for a more tolerant community soon descends into a rampage of violence and destruction for the ginger-haired duo. The debut feature of Romain Gavras, director of Athena as well as Kanye West & Jay-Z’s “No Church in the Wild” and the controversial M.I.A. music video “Born Free.”

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RAPT https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/rapt/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/rapt/#respond Tue, 07 Jan 2025 22:21:06 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20783

RAPT

| 2010 – 125′ – Drama, Thriller.
Written by: Lucas Belvaux.
Directed by: Lucas Belvaux.
Starring: Yvan Attal, Anne Consigny, André Marcon, Françoise Fabian, Alex Descas, Michel Voïta, Gérald Meylan, Maxime Lefrançois.
Official Competition COLCOA 2010.
In French with English subtitles.
A Kino Lorber / Mhz Choice release. |

 

Philandering industrialist Stanislas Graff (Yvan Attal) is kidnapped, with his ransom set at 50 million euros. After his finger is chopped off to prove the abductors’ seriousness, his wife, Francoise (Anne Consigny), meets with the board of directors to discuss how to raise the money quickly — but evidence of Stanislas’ adultery and gambling make the company reluctant to pay. As rumors spread that Stanislas staged the kidnapping to take care of his debts, public sentiment turns against him.

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AD VITAM https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/ad-vitam/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/ad-vitam/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2024 23:20:27 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20560

AD VITAM

| 2025 – 90′ – Action, Thriller, Drama.
Written by: Guillaume Canet, Rodolphe Lauga, David Corona.
Directed by: Rodolphe Lauga.
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Stéphane Caillard, Nassim Lyes, Zita Hanrot, Alexis Manenti, Johan Heldenbergh, Etienne Guillou-Kervern, Jamel Blissat.
In English or French with English subtitles.
A Netflix Original release. |

 

After escaping an attempted murder, Franck Lazareff must find his wife Leo, who has been kidnapped by a mysterious group of armed men. He is caught up by his past and plunged into a state affair that is beyond him.

 

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CASH TRUCK https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/cash-truck/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/cash-truck/#comments Sat, 21 Dec 2024 22:08:48 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20484

CASH TRUCK

| 2004 – 88′ – Action, Thriller, Drama.
Written by: Éric Besnard, Nicolas Boukhrief.
Directed by: Nicolas Boukhrief.
Starring: Albert Dupontel, Academy Award Winner Jean Dujardin, François Berléand, Claude Perron, Julien Boisselier, Philippe Laudenbach, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus, Aura Atika.
Official Selection COLCOA 2004.
In French with English subtitles.
A Shout! Factory release. |

 

Vigilante, a small cash-in-transit company, is the victim of three deadly robberies in the course of a year. One morning, a mysterious man turns up.

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SANTOSH https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/santosh/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/santosh/#comments Sat, 21 Dec 2024 19:09:07 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20475

NOW PLAYING IN US THEATRES. COMING SOON ON DIGITAL.

SANTOSH

| 2024 – 128′ – A United Kingdom/France co-production – Drama, Crime, Thriller.
Written by: Sandhya Suri.
Directed by: Sandhya Suri.
Starring: Shahana Goswami, Sanjay Bishnoi, Sunita Rajwar, Shashi benival, Pratibha Awasthi, Prashant Kumar.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2024 (Un Certain Regard), Toronto International Film Festival 2024. Official Selection of the United Kingdom for the 97th Academy Awards.
In Hindi with English subtitles.
A Metrograph Pictures release. |

When her police constable husband is killed on the job, young housewife Santosh (Shahana Goswami) is, due to a government initiative, trained to take his place on the force in rural Northern India, eventually pairing with a savvy, charismatic female inspector, Sharma (Sunita Rajwar), who’s arrived from outside the department to investigate the murder of a low-caste girl. A gripping neorealist procedural and a patiently observed, complex character study of women working in the pressure cooker environment of a corrupt, machismo-plagued workplace, Suri’s narrative feature debut—which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival—combines cool-headed directorial control and a palpable sense of fiery outrage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig/#respond Sat, 21 Dec 2024 18:57:07 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20466

NOW PLAYING IN US THEATRES. ON DIGITAL ON FEBRUARY 18, 2025.

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

| 2024 – 167′ – A Germany/France co-production – Drama, Thriller.
Written by: Mohammad Rasoulof.
Directed by: Mohammad Rasoulof.
Starring: Misagh Zare, Reza Akhlaghirad, Shiva Ordooie, Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, Amineh Arani.
Official Competition Cannes International Film Festival 2024 (Winner Special Jury’s Prize). 2025 Golden Globes Nomination for Best Motion Picture – Non English Language. German Official Selection for the 97th Academy Awards. Oscar Nominee for Best International Feature Film 2025. Winner Best Director (LAFCA Awards 2025).
In Persian with English subtitles.
A Neon release. |

Shot entirely in secret in Iran, Mohammad Rasoulof’s award-winning thriller, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, centers on a family thrust into the public eye when Iman is appointed as an investigating judge in Tehran. As political unrest erupts in the streets, Iman realizes that his job is even more dangerous than expected, making him increasingly paranoid and distrustful, even of his own wife Najmeh and daughters Sana and Rezvan.

 

 

 

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A L’OMBRE DES FORÊTS  https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/a-lombre-des-forets/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/a-lombre-des-forets/#respond Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:34:50 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20108

OPENING ON APPLE TV+ IN 2025.

A L’OMBRE DES FORÊTS

| 2025 – 6 x 52′ – Season 1 – Series – Drama, Thriller
Written by: Cédric Anger.
Directed by: Cédric Anger.
Starring: Benoît Magimel, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Pachou.
In English and in French with English subtitles.
An Apple TV+ Original release. |

 

From the producer of Lupin and Becoming Karl Lagarfeld (Isabelle Degeorges), A l’Ombre des Forêts tell the story of Franck and his friends who enjoy hunting trips. One day, they encounter another hunting group who targets them. In self-defense, Franck’s group injures one of the attackers. Paranoia sets in as they feel hunted by now vengeful enemies.

 

 

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THE BALCONETTES https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/the-balconettes-2/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/the-balconettes-2/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:54:08 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=20054 COMING TO US THEATRES IN 2025, FOLLOWED BY A DIGITAL RELEASE.

THE BALCONETTES

| 2025 – 103′  – Horror, Comedy, Thriller.
Written by: Noémie Merlant, Céline Sciamma.
Directed by: Noémie Merlant.
Starring: Souheila Yacoub, Sanda Codreanu, Noémie Merlant, Lucas Bravo, Annie Mercier, Nadège Beausson-Diane, Henri Cohen, Christophe Montenez.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2024.
Official Competition TAFFF 2024.
In French with English subtitles.
Released byThe Forge Entertainement. |

Temperatures are soaring in Marseille. Would-be novelist Nicole sits on her balcony in search of inspiration, but her mind keeps wandering to the hunky guy lurking in his window across the street… Enter Ruby, her cam-girl roommate, fresh from a threesome and equally smitten with their handsome neighbor… Then their actress-friend Elise turns up, dressed as a Marilyn-lookalike, literally smashing into the cute guy’s car. However, things spiral out of control when the sexy neighbor invites them all over for a drink… and the bloodbath begins. Actress-turned-director Noémie Merlant‘s absurdist second feature mixes broad comedy, Asian gore and sexual politics in this gleeful takedown of toxic masculinity and gender-based violence.

 

 

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