Throughout November, the international French-language network TV5 Monde offers a rich lineup of entertaining films, series, and variety shows.

Discover our round-up of the must-see programs this month below.

TV5 Monde

Films

La place d’une autre — November 7 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT (English ST)

Nélie rises out of poverty by becoming a nurse on the front lines in 1914. When her friend Rose dies during the war, she assumes her identity and takes up her new job – a reader to a bourgeois widow, in the hopes that no one would discover her secret.

Director: Aurélia Georges (France, 2021)
Cast: Lyna Khoudri, Sabine Azéma, Maud Wyler, Laurent Poitrenaux, & Didier Brice
Genre: Drama
Awards: Best Film at Angoulême Film Festival (France, 2021); Selected for Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland, 2021), Cinémania (Canada, 2021), Munich Film Festival (Germany, 2022), and Tromso Film Festival (Norway, 2022).

Les Algues Vertes — November 10 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT (English ST)

Following the recent deaths of locals on beaches in Brittany, a reporter investigates the mystery surrounding algae that may have caused these tragic deaths.

Director: Pierre Jolivet (France, Belgium, 2023)
Cast: Céline Sallette, Nina Meurisse, & Julie Ferrier
Genre: Thriller

Grand marin — November 17 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT (English ST)

Lili dreams of going fishing in the far North. After persuading Ian, a trawler captain, to give her a chance, she boards the ”Rebel.” The only woman in the crew, the ”sparrow,” as she is nicknamed, is going to stay determined to complete her quest.

Director: Dinara Droukarova (France, Belgium, 2022)
Cast: Dinara Droukarova, Sam Louwyck, & Björn Hlynur Haraldsson
Genre: Drama

Arlette — November 26 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT (English ST)

Approached by Quebec’s Prime Minister in the hopes of bringing a younger look to his government, fashion magazine editor Arlette Saint-Amour is appointed as the Minister of Culture. Through her audacity and impeccable image management, she tries to make a place for herself in the world of politics.

Director: Mariloup Wolfe (Canada, 2022)
Cast: Maripier Morin, Gilbert Sicotte, David La Haye, Lara Fabian, & Claudia Ferri
Genre: Dramedy

Series

Les mecs — Wednesdays, beginning November 13 at 11:30pm ET/8:30pm PT (French ST)

Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus.

Martin, Étienne, Christian, and Simon, true best friends forever, have now reached the age of doubt and self-questioning. Despite their everyday problems, they try, as best they can, to take charge of their lives.

Director: Ricardo Trogi (Canada, 2021)
Cast: Christian Bégin, Alexis Martin, Normand Daneau, & Yanic Truesdale
Genre: Dramedy

Documentaries

Connexion sauvage — Mondays, beginning November 4, at 6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT (English ST)

Season 1

Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus

We join vet Claudia Gilbert as she travels the world to meet with individuals who have a remarkable relationship with wild animals. At the Samburu National Reserve in Kenya, Claudia meets with Bernard Lesirin. An elder of the Samburu community, he lives surrounded by his protégés: the wild elephants of the savannah.

Director: Louis Asselin & Martin Paquette (Canada, 2023)
Cast: Claudia Gilbert
Genre: Docuseries, nature

Demain l’Afrique — November 6 & 13 at 3:00pm ET/12:00pm PT (English ST)

Season 1

Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus

A femicide in an underprivileged area of Brussels. The prime suspect remembers nothing. The only clues: a chip, a Tupperware box, and Saint Rita. Superintendent Jean-Michel Le Moine and his team head the investigation… A detective documentary on similar lines to the television series, Strip Tease.

Director: Guillaume Beaudoin (Canada, 2023)
Cast: Raed Hammoud
Genre: Docuseries, travel

TV5 Monde Plus

Films

Apaches —Streaming beginning November 6 (English ST)

A young woman infiltrates a Parisian gang in 1900 to avenge the death of her brother.

Director: Romain Quirot (France, 2023)
Cast: Alice Isaaz, Niels Schneider, & Rod Paradot
Genre: Action

Sauver ou périr —Streaming beginning November 2 (English ST)

The heartbreaking hero’s journey and true story of a Paris fireman who sacrifices his own safety to save his men.

Director: Frédéric Tellier (France, 2018)
Cast: Pierre Niney & Anaïs Desmoutiers
Genre: Drama

Series

No Blabla — Now streaming (English ST)

US premiere / TV5MONDE co-prodution

The extravagant adventures of an African migrant called Blabla in an imaginary 21^st-century Africa. Relentlessly hunted down by the A-Army, Blabla responds with his weapons: optimism, romanticism and craftiness.

Director: Stéphane Kappes (France/Burkina Faso/Senegal, 2023)
Cast: Hervé Y K Houehou, Kientega Pingdewindé Gérard, Souleymane Song-naaba, Basile Yawanké, & Haoua Sangaré
Genre: Drama

Avant le crash —Streaming beginning November 6 (English ST)

Season 1 premiere

Marc-André is a non-conformist, out of the system and in voluntary simplicity mode. He claims it was by choice. His friends François, Evelyne, and Patrick all have dazzling careers in finance at Olstrom, except Vincent who took refuge in a civil servant job after professional burnout. François offers Marc-André an opportunity to return to the world of investment bankers… but at the bottom of the ladder, there is a question of rebuilding his life. Will Marc-André accept the offer?

Director: Stéphane Lapointe (Canada, 2022)
Cast: Éric Bruneau, Émile Proulx-Cloutier, & Karine Vanasse
Genre: Drama

Documentaries

Sarah Bernhardt, à corps perdu — Now streaming (English ST)

Worldwide celebrity Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was the first actress to travel the five continents. Modern, transgressive, and forever remembered as a “monstre sacré,” a term Jean Cocteau invented to describe her. Her life, her struggles, her triumphs: we look back at the life and career of a free woman.

Director: Sophie Jaubert (France, 2023)
Genre: Documentary

TV5 Monde Cinema

Theme: Movies with Female Leads

Marche ou crève — available beginning November 1 (English ST)

A teenager hoping to enjoy her last summer at home before moving away must change plans after her mother ends up moving out, forcing her to take care of her mentally and physically disabled older sister.

Director: Tatiana-Margaux Bonhomme (2018)
Cast: Diane Rouxel, Cédric Kahn & Jeanne Cohendy
Genre: Drama

Prendre le large — available beginning November 1 (English ST)

A middle-aged woman’s life is upended when the factory she has always worked at relocates to Morocco.

Director: Gaël Morel (2017)
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Mouna Fettou, & Kamal El Amri
Genre: Drama

Stella est amoureuse — available beginning November 8 (English ST)

In the 1980s, a high school student spends her first-ever holiday without her parents, who are in the process of separating.

Director: Sylvie Verheyde (2022)
Cast: Flavie Delangle, Marina Foïs, & Benjamin Biolay
Genre: Drama

Zouzou — available beginning November 8 (English ST)

A mother in her 60s invites her three daughters and granddaughter home for a few days to announce she’s in love.

Director: Blandine Lenoir (2014)
Cast: Florence Muller, Laure Calamy, Jeanne Ferron
Genre: Comedy

Tout ce qui me reste de la révolution — available beginning November 15 (English ST)

An urban planner in her 30s who’s deeply involved in politics never stops crusading for revolution, losing sight of her friends, family, and lover in the process.

Director: Judith Davis (2018)
Cast: Judith Davis, Malik Zidi, & Claire Dumas
Genre: Comedy

Paula — available beginning November 15 (English ST)

A father decides to take his 11-year-old daughter to a beautiful lake house for the summer.

Director: Angela Terrail (2023)
Cast: Aline Helan-Boudon, Finnegan Oldfield, & Océan
Genre: Drama

Anti-squat — available beginning November 22 (English ST)

After threatening to be evicted, a desperate mother finds a job at a start-up that offers low rent in exchange for being a property manager.

Director: Nicolas Silhol (2023)
Cast: Louise Bourgoin, Samy Belkessa, & Sâm Mirhosseini
Genre: Drama

Avant que les flammes ne s’éteignent — available beginning November 22 (English ST)

Following the death of her younger brother during a police intervention, a sister embarks on a legal battle to ensure a trial takes place.

Director: Mehdi Fikri (2023)
Cast: Camélia Jordana, Sofiane Zermani, & Sofian Khammes
Genre: Drama

Les invisibles — available beginning November 29 (English ST)

After a municipal decision, a shelter for homeless women is about to close. With only three months to reintegrate the women they care for, the social workers do everything they can to help them.

Director: Louis-Julien Petit (2018)
Cast: Audrey Lamy, Corinne Masiero, & Noémie Lvovsky
Genre: Comedy

Une histoire d’amour — available beginning November 29 (English ST)

Two women fall in love and decide to have a child, leaving it to chance to decide who will carry the baby.

Director: Alexis Michalik (2023)
Cast: Alexis Michalik, Juliette Delacroix, & Marica Soyer
Genre: Drama