Throughout October, the international French-language network TV5 Monde offers a rich lineup of entertaining films, series, and variety shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Discover our round-up of the must-see programs this month below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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La mif<\/strong>\u2014 October 12 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT In a youth center, when a tragic event provokes an altercation between educators and teenage girls, Lora, the director, has to defend her way of working. She is faced with a rigid board of directors, young women whose trust has been shaken and rules that are showing their limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Baillif (Switzerland, 2021) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le grand homme<\/strong> \u2014 October 14 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Afghanistan. Markov saves Hamilton from certain death. In Paris, Hamilton, in recovery, wants to return to the foreign legion, while Markov, now a civilian with no documents, tries to survive with his son Khadji. Hamilton gives the Chechen his civilian identity so he can work legally. But then Markov disappears\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Sarah Leonor (France, 2013) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifi<\/strong> \u2014 October 26 at 9:30pm ET\/6:30pm PT 15-year-old Sophie, known as Fifi, has to spend the summer with her parents, brothers, and sisters, in a cramped flat in a rowdy Nancy council estate. With her friend Jade away on holiday, she picks up her keys and takes refuge in her flat. But St\u00e9phane, Jade’s older brother, arrives unexpectedly\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Jeanne Aslan, Paul Saintillan (France, 2022) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Virage, Double faute<\/strong> \u2014 Fridays beginning October 3 at 11:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT A Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois sports drama anthology series, with each season focusing on a professional athlete at a major crossroads. In season 2, \u201cDouble faute,\u201d a professional tennis player consumed by anxiety, has never really lived up to his mother’s expectations. At 30, he should be thinking about retiring, but meeting up with his former coach again could well change all that. Director: Rafa\u00ebl Ouellet (Canada\/Quebec, 2023) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Leibowitz contre Leibowitz<\/strong>\u2014 Sundays beginning on October 5 at 11:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT 50-year-old Paule, a brilliant lawyer, has dedicated her life to the firm she created with ex-husband Simon. But life turns upside down when she discovers Simon has secretly married legal associate Ir\u00e8ne, 20 years his junior. Paule and Ir\u00e8ne find themselves bound together in running the Lebowitz law firm. Director: Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Berthe (France, 2015) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rivages<\/strong>\u2014Tuesdays beginning October 7 at 11:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT After a trawler mysteriously sinks and its crew goes missing, oceanographer Abigail is dispatched by IFREMER to F\u00e9camp\u2014her hometown that she left years earlier in the wake of a family tragedy. Director: David Hourr\u00e8gue (France, 2024) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fred l’handicap\u00e9<\/strong>\u2014October 31 at 12:30pm ET\/9:30pm PT Fred had hardly started university when breaking his back in an accident left him paralyzed. Armed with his great sense of humor, he manages to keep his spirits up despite the tragedy. Thanks to the help of those around him, he learns to live with his new condition. Director: Andr\u00e9 Roy (Canada\/Quebec, 2023) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le divan du monde<\/strong>\u2014 October 7 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Patients from all walks of life visit the practice of Georges Federmann, a Strasbourg-based psychiatrist, atypical and iconoclastic, who receives them without appointments. Diane, Karim, Gilbert, Abou, and many others come here to find refuge, a listening ear, comforting words, and a desire to live that must be preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Swen de Pauw (France, 2015) <\/p>\n\n\n\n En route ! Quand la nationale 7 r\u00e9volutionna la gastronomie fran\u00e7aise<\/strong>\u2014 October 15 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT How did France become the country of gastronomy? A journey back to the 1900s. Thousands of motorists are taking to the roads for the first time, particularly on the Nationale 7. At each stage, restaurants and inns opened to serve them: a dynasty of chefs has been born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Stanislas Kraland (France, 2024) <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00c9tat limite<\/strong>\u2014 October 19 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT<\/em> How can one provide proper care in a sick institution? Psychiatrist at Beaujon Hospital in Clichy, Jamal Abdel-Kader tirelessly navigates between wards and patients. Despite performance requirements and a lack of resources, he strives to ease their suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Nicolas Peduzzi (France, 2023) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaincre l\u2019impossible<\/strong>\u2014 October 25 at 10:30pm ET\/7:30pm PT<\/em> The Brazilian Forest is the planet’s green lung. But, each year, millions of hectares are decimated. We meet two women, with radically different lives and actions, as they battle to save the Atlantic Forest: Anita Studer, a Swiss biologist and founder of Nordesta, and Hamangai Marcos Melo Patax\u00f3, a Brazilian activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Marina Wutholen, Arno Bitschy (France, Switzerland, 2022) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dalva<\/strong>\u2014 Streaming on TV5MONDEplus<\/a><\/em> (English ST) Director: Emmanuelle Nicot (Belgium, France, 2022) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mindblow <\/strong>\u2014 Streaming on TV5MONDEplus<\/a> (English ST)<\/em> Director: Eric Andreae (Switzerland, 2024) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Donner l\u2019go\u00fbt<\/strong>\u2014 Streaming on TV5MONDEplus<\/a> (English ST)<\/em> On va dire les termes<\/strong>\u2014 Now streaming Season 2 on TV5MONDEplus<\/a> (English ST) <\/em> With her unique style and her sharp eye for detail, Professor Ath\u00e9na Sol \u2014 followed by 1.2 million subscribers on TikTok and nearly 500,000 on Instagram \u2014 returns for season 2 to unpack eight words that are shaking up society: masculinisme, cringe, prompt, tana, gadji \/ gadjo, tchip, sapiosexuel, and boss des b\u00e9cosses. These are terms that emerge, spark debate, and sometimes even make their way into the dictionary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Sarah Veysseyre (France, 2025)
Selected films in partnership with TV5MONDE and The Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF), October 3-10<\/em>. Also streaming on <\/em>TV5MONDEplus <\/em>(English ST)<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cast: Claudia Grob, Ana\u00efs Uldry, Kassia Da Costa, Am\u00e9lie Tonsi
Genre: Drama
Awards: Jury Prize at Ohlal\u00e0 French Film Festival (Spain, 2023), International Grand Jury Prize for the Best Film at Berlinale – Generation 14 plus Section (Germany, 2021), Agn\u00e8s Prize at Namur International Festival (Belgium, 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Selected films in partnership with TV5MONDE and The Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF), October 3-10
Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus beginning on October 1<\/em> (English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cast: J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Renier, Surho Sugaipov, Ramzan Idiev, Jean-Yves Ruf
Genre: Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Selected films in partnership with TV5MONDE and The Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF), October 3-10
Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus (English ST)<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cast: C\u00e9leste Brunnquell, Quentin Dolmaire, Ilan Schermann, Chlo\u00e9 Mons
Genre: Dramedy
Awards: Official selection (FIFF Namur 2022), Grand Prix (San Sebastian 2022), Best Actor for Quentin Dolmaire (Angers Premiers Plans 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\nSeries<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Season 2 Premiere
Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus<\/a><\/em> (French ST). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ep. 1: During a tournament, Charles meets up with his former coach, who’s just lost his contract with an international star. Charles tries to persuade him to team up with him again in a final attempt to reach the top of the rankings table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cast: \u00c9ric Bruneau, Louis Morissette, Sylvie L\u00e9onard, Denis Marchand, Karl Farah
Genre: Drama, miniseries<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Season 1 Premiere
Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus<\/a><\/em> (English ST). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ep. 1: Paule is savoring a successful defense when she discovers that her ex-husband, Simon, had married her colleague Ir\u00e8ne six months earlier. Furious, she confronts him; Simon has a heart attack. With Ir\u00e8ne inheriting his shares in the firm, the two women will have to learn to work together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cast: Cl\u00e9mentine C\u00e9lari\u00e9, Michel Jonasz, Caroline Anglade, C\u00e9cile Rebboah
Genre: Drama, thriller<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Season 1
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Ep. 1: Abigail, an oceanologist, is sent by Ifremer on a mission to F\u00e9camp, following the unexplained sinking of a trawler. The task proves complicated: mysterious phenomena continue to occur at sea, while Abigail comes face to face with her past, which she had fled when she left F\u00e9camp a few years earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cast: Fleur Geffrier, Guillaume Labb\u00e9, Thierry Godard, Jean-Marc Barr
Genre: Sci-fi, miniseries<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Season 1 Premiere
Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus<\/a> (French ST)<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ep. 1: Fred ends up paralyzed after breaking two vertebrae in an accident. How will his relationship with Myriam change following the tragedy and all its challenges?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cast: Antoine Michaud, Josiane Beno\u00eet, David Losier, Kar\u00e8ne Chiasson
Genre: Comedy, miniseries<\/p>\n\n\n\nDocumentaries<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of World Mental Health Day, October 10
Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus<\/a><\/em> (English ST). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cast: C\u00e9leste Brunnquell, Quentin Dolmaire, Ilan Schermann, Chlo\u00e9 Mons
Genre: Documentary
Awards: GNCR prize (National Group of Research Cinemas) at FIDMarseille (France, 2015); selected at Filmer \u00e0 tout prix (Belgium, 2015), and at the Montreal International Documentary Festival (Canada, 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of The Week of Taste, October 13\u201318
Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus<\/a><\/em> (English ST).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Host: Juliette Armanet
Genre: Documentary, cuisine<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of World Mental Health Day on October 10
Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus<\/a> <\/em>(English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cast: C\u00e9leste Brunnquell, Quentin Dolmaire, Ilan Schermann, Chlo\u00e9 Mons
Genre: Documentary
Awards: Special Mention of the Jury at the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival CPH:DOX (Denmark, 2023); Audience Award and Special Jury Prize of the City at the Filmer le Travail Festival (France, 2023); selected by the ACID section at the Cannes Film Festival (France, 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus<\/a><\/em> (English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Genre: Documentary, environment<\/p>\n\n\n\nTV5 Monde Plus<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Selected films in partnership with TV5MONDE and The Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF), October 3-10<\/em>
12-year-old Dalva behaves and dresses like a grown woman. The authorities are notified, and her single father’s custody is withdrawn. She is put in a hostel where she starts to rebel against this situation, which she finds unfair before gradually realizing what she has endured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cast: Zelda Samson, Alexis Manenti, Fanta Guirassi, Marie Denarnaud
Genre: Drama
Awards: Cannes Film Festival Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award, FIPRESCI Prize Winners; Critics\u2019 Week Grand Prize, Golden Camera Nominees (2022); Young Talent Award at Hamburg International Festival (Germany, 2022); Young Jury Prize at Stuttgart International French Film Festival (Germany, 2022); Jury Prize and Best Actress (Fanta Guirassi) at Namur International French Film Festival (Belgium, 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\nSeries<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of The F\u00eate de la Science, October 3\u201313<\/em>
Markus, a former music show contestant, has been mocked his whole life. At 40, he is offered the opportunity to change his past. Immersed in an alternative reality, he becomes a superstar but loses his love forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cast: Dimitri Stapfer, Sylvie Marinkovic, Kay Kysela, Helen Wills, Eric L\u00fcthi
Genre: Sci-fi<\/p>\n\n\n\nDocumentaries<\/u><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of The Week of Taste, October 13\u201318<\/em>
Explore the diverse cultures that influence Quebec\u2019s identity through its cuisine and chefs, hosted by H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Bourgeois Leclerc.
Director: Xavier Havitov (Canada\/Quebec, 2025)
Host: H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Bourgeois Leclerc
Genre: Cooking series<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TV5MONDE original coproduction<\/em>
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Host: Ath\u00e9na Sol
Genre: Education, web series<\/p>\n\n\n\n