TV5MONDE Program Highlights – January 2023

MyFrenchFilmFestival Selections (Available on Cinema on Demand)

In partnership with Unifrance. For more information about the festival, please visit: https://www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com/ 

Nous— available to stream January 13 to February 13

(English ST)

· “Alice Diop’s observational documentary is a beautiful, loose-limned portrait of Paris’s suburbs… Diop, the daughter of Senegalese immigrants, grew up in the banlieues among other working-class Black and Arab immigrants. Her film traces an idiosyncratic route along the RER B commuter rail line, the artery that connects the communities on the outskirts of Paris to the heart of the metropolis.”— New York Times, Critic’s Pick

Director: Alice Diop (France / Canada, 2020)

Genre: Documentary

Oranges sanguines— available to stream January 13 to February 13

(English ST)

· Simultaneously happening in France, a couple of over-indebted retirees tries to win a rock competition, a minister is suspected of tax evasion, and a young teenager meets a sexually deranged man.

Director: Jean-Christophe Meurisse (France, 2021)

Cast: Alexandre Steiger, Jean-Christophe Meurisse, Amélie Philippe

Genre: Dramedy

Awards: 2021 Cannes Film Festival official selection

A propos de Joan— available to stream January 13 to February 13

(English ST)

· At the corner of a street in Paris, a woman runs into her first love, a once young Irishman.

Director: Laurent Larivière (France, 2022)

Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Alexandre Astier, Julie-Anne Roth

Genre: Drama

Bootlegger— available to stream January 13 to February 13

(English ST)

· A graduate student and a bootlegger are at odds with each other about a referendum allowing the free sale of alcohol on a reserve in Quebec.

Director: Caroline Monnet (Canada, 2021)

Cast: Pascale Bussières, Devery Jacobs, Samian

Genre: Drama

Entre les vagues— available to stream January 13 to February 13

(English ST)

· Two best friends with dreams of becoming successful actresses get cast in a high-profile play in Paris, but one of them has a secret that could jeopardize everything.

Director: Anaïs Volpé (France, 2022)

Cast: Souheila Yacoub, Déborah Lukumuena, Matthieu Longatte

Genre: Drama

La traversée— available to stream January 13 to February 13

(English ST)

· After a small village is looted and everyone is forced to flee, 2 siblings become separated from their parents, facing the road of exile alone.

Director: Florence Miailhe (France, 2021)

Cast: Emilie Lan Dürr, Florence Miailhe, Maxime Gemin

Genre: Animation drama

Le monde après nous— available to stream January 13 to February 13

(English ST)

· After some success with a short story, a struggling young writer tries to publish his first novel.

Director: Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas (France, 2022)

Cast: Louise Chevillotte, Aurélien Gabrielli, Saadia Bentaïeb

Genre: Drama

Les magnétiques— available to stream January 13 to February 13

(English ST)

· Brittany, 1980s. A bunch of friends yearning for excitement broadcast a free radio station from their hometown in the countryside.

Director: Vincent Maël Cardona (France, 2021)

Cast: Marie Colomb, Joseph Olivennes, Fabrice Adde

Genre: Drama

Petite nature— available to stream January 13 to February 13

(English ST)

· A ten-year-old boy stands out from his family and his tough neighborhood in Eastern France. He’s sensitive, intelligent, and interested in all kinds of things way beyond his years.

Director: Samuel Theis (France, 2022)

Cast: Aliocha Reinert, Antoine Reinartz, Mélissa Olexa

Genre: Drama

Rien à foutre— available to stream January 13 to February 13

(English ST)

· A 26-year-old flight attendant gets fired from a low-cost airline, forcing her to confront her past.

Director: Julie Lecoustre (France, Belgium, 2022)

Cast: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Alexandre Perrier, Mara Taquin

Genre: Drama

Une histoire d’amour et de désir— available to stream January 13 to February 13

(English ST)

· A Parisian of Algerian origin meets a young Tunisian woman at university, who has just arrived in Paris.

Director: Leyla Bouzid (France, 2020)

Cast: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Alexandre Perrier, Mara Taquin

Genre: Sami Outalbali, Zbeida Belhajamor, Diong-Kéba Tacu

Theme: MyFrenchFilmFestival in partnership with Unifrance

**cannot promote films until January 4, 2023**

Entre les vagues— available beginning January 13

(English ST)

· Two best friends with dreams of becoming successful actresses get cast in a high-profile play in Paris, but one of them has a secret that could jeopardize everything.

Director: Anaïs Volpé (2022)

Cast: Souheila Yacoub, Déborah Lukumuena, Matthieu Longatte

Genre: Drama

La traversée— available beginning January 13

(English ST)

· After a small village is looted and everyone is forced to flee, 2 siblings become separated from their parents, facing the road of exile alone.

Director: Florence Miailhe (2021)

Cast: Emilie Lan Dürr, Florence Miailhe, Maxime Gemin

Genre: Animation drama

Le monde après nous— available beginning January 13

(English ST)

· After some success with a short story, a struggling young writer tries to publish his first novel.

Director: Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas (2022)

Cast: Louise Chevillotte, Aurélien Gabrielli, Saadia Bentaïeb

Genre: Drama

Les magnétiques— available beginning January 13

(English ST)

· Brittany, 1980s. A bunch of friends yearning for excitement broadcast a free radio station from their hometown in the countryside.

Director: Vincent Maël Cardona (2021)

Cast: Marie Colomb, Joseph Olivennes, Fabrice Adde

Genre: Drama

A propos de Joan—available beginning January 13

(English ST)

· At the corner of a street in Paris, a woman runs into her first love, a once young Irishman.

Director: Laurent Larivière (2022)

Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Alexandre Astier, Julie-Anne Roth

Genre: Drama

Rien à foutre—available beginning January 13

(English ST)

· A 26-year-old flight attendant gets fired from a low-cost airline, forcing her to confront her past.

Director: Julie Lecoustre (2022)

Cast: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Alexandre Perrier, Mara Taquin

Genre: Drama

Bootlegger— available beginning January 13

(English ST)

· A graduate student and a bootlegger are at odds with each other about a referendum allowing the free sale of alcohol on a reserve in Quebec.

Director: Caroline Monnet (2021)

Cast: Pascale Bussières, Devery Jacobs, Samian

Genre: Drama

Petite nature— available beginning January 13

(English ST)

· A ten-year-old boy stands out from his family and his tough neighborhood in Eastern France. He’s sensitive, intelligent, and interested in all kinds of things way beyond his years.

Director: Samuel Theis (2022)

Cast: Aliocha Reinert, Antoine Reinartz, Mélissa Olexa

Genre: Drama

Films

Le sens de la famille— January 1 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT & January 9 at 11:30pm ET/8:30pm PT

(English ST)

· One morning, the Morels discover they have a serious problem: everyone has woken up in the body of another member of the family! And, whilst the kids discover the joys of having the body of an adult, the regression is much more difficult to live with for the parents…

Director: Jean-Patrick Benes (France, 2020)

Cast: Franck Dubosc, Alexandra Lamy, Christiane Millet, Jackie Berroyer

Genre: Comedy

Awards: Official selection (Alpe d’Huez 2021)

Damoiselle— Season 2 streaming starting January 18: https://www.tv5mondeplus.com/en/programme/series-et-films-tv/histoire/d…

Exclusive TV5MONDEplus original series

(English ST)

· Our beloved TV5MONDEplus original series is back again with a second season, and with new characters. From ancient Egypt to the Middle Ages and occupied Gaul, our “Damoiselles” share their beauty tutorials with you and the camera, and strip the make-up off history as they do so! A darkly humorous glimpse of women’s lives down the centuries.

Director: Ambre Larrazet, Queenie Tassell

Cast: Ambre Larrazet, Manon Bril, Julien Magalhaes

Genre: Historical fiction

Documentary

Nus et culottés, LA SPÉCIALE 10 ANS— January 4 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT

10-year special

(English ST)

· Ten years of incredible adventures, 500 nights under the stars, 2,000 encounters, 30,000 kilometres travelled…For this very special programme, instead of setting off in their birthday suits, Nans and Mouts are snug in a forest cabin ready to reveal the programme’s behind-the-scenes secrets and share their memories.

Host: Nans Thomassey, Guillaume Mouton (France, 2022)

Genre: Documentary series, travel

Le dernier soir— Starting Tuesdays, January 3 at 3:00pm ET/12:00pm PT

Premiere Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus: https://www.tv5mondeplus.com/en/programme/memoire-et-societe/enquetes-e…

· A six-part investigative documentary series in which journalist Monic Néron begins to shed new light on one of Quebec’s rare double murders of unsolved teenagers; that of 13-year-old Diane Déry and Mario Corbeil, 15.

Director: Frédéric Nassif (Canada, 2019)

Host: Monic Néron

Genre: Documentary mini-series, crime

Indes galantes— January 3 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT

(English ST)

· On the stage of Paris’s legendary Opéra Bastille, 30 dancers from non-traditional genres reprise and remix Jean-Philippe Rameau’s baroque masterpiece Les Indes galantes, offering a dynamic take on the landmark opera.

Director: Philippe Béziat (France, 2020)

Awards: 2022 César Best Documentary Film Nominee, 2022 Lumiere Best Documentary Nominee

Series

OPJ— Sundays, January 1 at 11:00pm ET/8:00pm PT & January 8, 15, 22, 29 at 11:30pm ET/8:30pm PT

Season 3 premiere

(English ST)

· Clarissa, a police captain from Réunion Island, is a squad commander in a working-class neighborhood of Nouméa, New Caledonia. Smart, stubborn, and a vital member of her squad, she’s also a widow, raising two teenagers by herself.

Director: François Bigrat (France, 2022)

Cast: Yaëlle Trules, Antoine Stip, Nathan Dellemme

Genre: Crime, drama

Ce que Pauline ne vous dit pas— January 17 & 24 at 11:30pm ET/8:30pm PT

Mini-series premiere

(English ST)

· A man dies after falling from a scaffolding. Everything points to Pauline, his ex-wife, who made a clumsy call to the emergency services. ‘What Pauline is Not Telling You’ is the story of a woman under the influence of a man, victim of moral harassment, who, under social pressure and institutional violence, seeks to regain her freedom and her desire for life.

Director: Rodolphe Tissot (France, 2022)

Cast: Ophélia Kolb, Grace Seri, Sylvie Testud, Pierre Arditi, Hélène Alexandridis

Genre: Drama (mini-series)

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