Throughout August, 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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In celebration of the Games which will take place in Paris from July 26 to August 11, 2024, TV5MONDE offers you special programming highlighting Paris and sports:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Comme des gar\u00e7ons<\/strong><\/span> <\/b><\/span>\u2013 August 1 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n (English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reims, 1969. Paul Coutard, sports journalist and serial womanizer, provokes his editor into organizing a women’s football match. He is unexpectedly helped by Emmanuelle, the personal assistant, his best enemy in the office. Together they will go down in history by creating the first ever women’s football team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: <\/strong>Julien Hallard (France, 2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cast: <\/strong>Max Boublil, Vanessa Guide, Bruno Lochet, Carole Franck<\/p>\n\n\n\n Genre:<\/strong> Comedy<\/p>\n\n\n\n Awards:<\/strong> Official selection (Alpe d’Huez 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Handball, une histoire de familles<\/span><\/strong> \u2014 August 1 & 8 at 11:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n (English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carried by Jackson Richardson then by Nikola Karabatic, French handball left humble anonymity to reach celebrity status in world sport. Over the last forty years, it is the team sport that has achieved better international results than any other throughout history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: <\/strong>Cl\u00e9ment Brin (France, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Genre:<\/strong> Documentary, sport<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n La\u00ebtitia<\/span><\/strong>\u2014 August 4 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT; August 12 at 11:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n (English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two years after becoming the world Thai boxing champion, 28-year-old La\u00ebtitia Lambert prepares for her next fight, however, she\u2019s 12 kilos overweight. Filled with doubts, the single mother spends her life chasing her dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: <\/strong>Julie Talon (France, 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Genre:<\/strong> Documentary, sport<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cl\u00e9o de 5 \u00e0 7<\/span><\/strong>\u2014 August 6 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cl\u00e9o is afraid she might have cancer. With two hours to wait for her test results, she goes outside and wanders around, becoming increasingly anxious. In a park she meets a young soldier, Antoine, set to ship out to Algeria that evening. With him, she finds the comfort she needs…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: <\/strong>Agn\u00e8s Varda (France, 1961)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cast: <\/strong>Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Doroth\u00e9e Blank, Michel Legrand, Serge Korber, Dominique Davray, Jos\u00e9-Luis de Villalonga<\/p>\n\n\n\n Genre:<\/strong> Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cause toujours mon lapin<\/span><\/strong>\u2014 August 8 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n (English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jackson, a ventriloquist, has been sentenced to twenty years for a murder he didn’t commit. He manages to escape and sets off in search of the witnesses who lied when giving evidence against him at his trial. From one lead to another, he follows the trail to someone called Simon…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: <\/strong>Guy Lefranc (France, 1961)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cast: <\/strong>Eddie Constantine, Claudine Coster, Fran\u00e7ois Chaumette, Marielle Gozzi<\/p>\n\n\n\n Genre:<\/strong> Comedy<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Eiffel, la guerre des tours<\/span><\/strong>\u2014 August 21 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n (English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Behind the emblematic Eiffel Tower lies the story of a French challenge launched at the end of the 19th century: to build a tower a thousand feet high. The project was part of the period’s radical transformation: iron versus stone, engineering versus architecture. We rediscover this race to the heights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: <\/strong>Mathieu Schwartz, Savin Yeatman-Eiffel (France, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Genre:<\/strong> Documentary, history<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cybathlon 2020<\/span><\/strong>\u2014 August 30 at 3:00pm ET\/12:00pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n (English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Everyone knows the Paralympic competitions, but the Cybathlon? Launched by Professor Robert Riener, this high-tech sports competition brought together some sixty international teams in Zurich in November 2020, associating disabled athletes and sophisticated bionic systems. An opportunity for Christian Bachmann to follow researchers and athletes during their preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: <\/strong>Christian Bachmann (Switzerland, 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Genre:<\/strong> Documentary, sport<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Stella est amoureuse<\/span><\/strong>\u2014August 11 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n (English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the 1980s, high-school student Stella spends her first-ever holiday without her parents, who are in the process of separating. Then, back at school, instead of studying, she only cares about going to nightclubs and meeting beautiful boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:<\/strong> Sylvie Verheyde (France, 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cast:<\/strong> Flavie Delangle, Marina Fo\u00efs, Benjamin Biolay<\/p>\n\n\n\n Genre: <\/strong>Dramedy<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Les Cyclades<\/span><\/strong>\u2014August 18 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:<\/strong> Marc Fitoussi (France, 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cast:<\/strong> Laure Calamy, Olivia C\u00f4te, Kristin Scott Thomas<\/p>\n\n\n\n Genre: <\/strong>Comedy<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n 5\u00e8me rang<\/span><\/strong>\u2014Wednesdays, beginning August 7 at 11:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n Season 2 premiere<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n (French ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The eldest of five sisters and dedicated heir to the family farm, Marie-Luce’s world turns upside down on the death of her husband Guy, his body found half-eaten body in the pig pen. A dramatic discovery that perturbs the tranquility of those closest to him and everyone living in Valmont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the farm, Marie-Luce receives a very mysterious parcel sent by registered mail. R\u00e9ginald pays a visit to the regional market to spy on Laurent. Nicolas and Sophie want to question Charles, considered a suspect in Laura’s murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marie-Luce suggests to Pascal that he goes into partnership with her. Charles delves deep into his memories. Vincent pays a visit to Paul but things don’t go quite as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: <\/strong>Myriam Verreault, Christian Laurence (Canada, 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cast: <\/strong>Maude Gu\u00e9rin, Martine Francke, Julie Beauchemin, Catherine Renaud, \u00c8ve Duranceau<\/p>\n\n\n\n Genre:<\/strong> Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cow-boy urbain<\/span><\/strong>\u2014Thursdays, beginning August 22 at 3:00pm ET\/12:00pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n Season 2 premiere<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Also streaming on TV5MONDEplus<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n (English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n An adventure in six chapters as Steve Jodoin travels the Canadian plains to meet French-speaking ranchers who raise cattle or train rodeo horses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Steve Jodoin heads off on an adventure with R\u00e9al and Julie Jodoin, leaving Bonnyville in Alberta for a 60 km expedition along the Ironhorse Trail, a former railway line. For Steve it’s also a chance to do a little investigating: is he related to the Jodoins of the Canadian West? On the farm, Marie-Luce receives a very mysterious parcel sent by registered mail. R\u00e9ginald pays a visit to the regional market to spy on Laurent. Nicolas and Sophie want to question Charles, considered a suspect in Laura’s murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: <\/strong>Marie-France Guerrette (Canada, 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Host: <\/strong>Steve Jodoin<\/p>\n\n\n\n Genre:<\/strong> Docuseries, travel<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Peur de rien<\/span><\/strong>\u2014<\/em> Streaming beginning August 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n (English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 90s. Lina, 18, arrives in Paris for her studies. She comes to look for what she never found in Lebanon, her country of origin: a certain form of freedom. The survival instinct as her only baggage, she travels from one Paris to another to the rhythm of her romantic encounters. Because at 18, we dream of embracing the world and not just one boy…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: <\/strong>Danielle Arbid (France, 2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cast:<\/strong> Manal Issa, Vincent Lacoste, Paul Hamy<\/p>\n\n\n\n Genre:<\/strong> Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n Awards:<\/strong> 2017 Lumiere Awards Most Promising Actress Nominee<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Solo<\/span><\/strong>\u2014<\/em> Now streaming<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n (English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Violinist and thief, Vincent Cabral arrives in Le Havre just as his younger brother Virgile, head of a gang of anarchists, cold-bloodedly shoots some twenty people. Wanting to find his brother, Vincent finds himself not only involved in the case but wanted by the police…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: <\/strong>Jean-Pierre Mocky (France, 1970)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cast:<\/strong> Jean-Pierre Mocky, Sylvie Br\u00e9al, Anne Deleuze<\/p>\n\n\n\n Genre:<\/strong> Police drama, suspense<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mes chers disparus!<\/span><\/strong>\u2014<\/em> Streaming beginning August 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n (English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faced with the threat of eviction, Marianne Elbert reluctantly considers selling the family home occupied for five generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: <\/strong>St\u00e9phane Kappes (Canada, 2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cast:<\/strong> Sophie Le Tellier, Arnaud Lechien, Hubert Saint-Macary<\/p>\n\n\n\n Genre:<\/strong> Dramedy<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n La vie devant<\/span><\/strong>\u2014<\/em> Now streaming<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n (English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n For one family, each day peacefully follows the last… At least until one of them suffers a stroke, Valeria. Watched by little Lucas, intrigued by these adults constantly asking strange questions, the group will have to ask themselves even more and learn to grow up together.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFilms<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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