Throughout May, the international French-language network TV5MONDE offers a rich lineup of entertaining films, series, specials, and variety programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Discover our roundup of the must-see programs this month below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Current Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u2019invit\u00e9<\/strong> \u2014 May 12-23 at 1:50pm ET\/10:50am PT* Host Patrick Simonin will be on the red carpet interviewing the stars at this year\u2019s Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n L’enfant qui mesurait le monde<\/strong>\u2014 May 5 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Alexandre, a powerful real estate developer, travels to Greece for his daughter’s funeral. There he discovers the existence of his grandson, Yannis, 9 years old. Living with an autistic disorder, Yannis counts everything: incoming boats, fishermen’s catches, passers-by. Very quickly, a bond forms between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Takis Candilis (France, Belgium, 2023) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mambar Pierrette<\/strong>\u2014 May 10 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT In Douala, in a poor district in the city, the everyday life of Pierrette, a seamstress who takes care of her two children and invalid mother alone. Bravely determined and discreet, she is used to getting by from day-to-day but never gives up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Rosine Mbakam (Belgium, Cameroon, 2023) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le plus bel \u00e2ge<\/strong>\u2014 May 12 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT The suicide of a brilliant student in the middle of a hazing period sparks a passionate investigation and intertwined love stories in the closed world of a hypokh\u00e2gne class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Didier Haudepin (France, 1994) <\/p>\n\n\n\n La mer au loin<\/strong>\u2014 May 17 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Nour, 27, clandestinely emigrates from Morocco to Marseille in search of a better future. With his friends, he lives off small trafficking operations and leads a marginal and festive life. When he meets Serge and No\u00e9mie, a charismatic and mysterious police officer and his wife, his existence takes an unexpected turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Sa\u00efd Hamich Benlarbi (France, Belgium, Morocco, 2024) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse<\/strong>\u2014 May 19 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT On his return from Tajikistan, Paul is arrested on the French border. It transpires that his homonym made a trip to the URSS in 1980. Plunged into his past, he remembers his childhood in Roubaix, his family, the blossoming of his passion for anthropology, and Esther, his first love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Arnaud Desplechin (France, 2015) <\/p>\n\n\n\n La nuit du 12<\/strong>\u2014 May 24 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Why was Clara Royer, aged 21, burnt alive? This atrocious femicide will continue to haunt Yohan, a police officer of the Grenoble Criminal Investigation Department, and his colleague Marceau. This must-see thriller, based on true events, won six C\u00e9sar awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Dominik Moll (France, Belgium, 2022) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rosalie<\/strong>\u2014 May 26 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT In France in 1870, Rosalie is not a woman like the others: since her birth, her face and body have been covered with hair. She shaves it, fearing rejection. When she marries Abel, Rosalie wants to seize this opportunity to free herself and stop hiding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: St\u00e9phanie Di Giusto (France, 2023) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mort sur terre battue<\/strong>\u2014May 29 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT During a prestigious tennis tournament, the lifeless body of player Manon Picard is found on the court. The motive appears to be linked to the lucrative contract she signed with a sponsor. Investigators Romain Fabiot and Camille Lauristan are assisted by Vincent Beti, a former player with a troubled past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Denis Malleval (France, 2025) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ava<\/strong>\u2014 May 31 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT On holiday with her mother, 13-year-old Ava learns that she will go blind more quickly than anticipated. Her heartbroken mother supports her as best she can but this news pushes Ava to live her teenage years while she can. She soon meets Juan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: L\u00e9a Mysius (France, 2017) Mitterrand Confidentiel<\/strong>\u2014 Sundays, beginning May 10 at 11:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT Ep. 1<\/span>: September 1994. French President Fran\u00e7ois Mitterrand had to manage a complicated cohabitation with Prime Minister \u00c9douard Balladur. The publication of a book by journalist Pierre P\u00e9an, tracing his career under the Vichy government, forced the Head of State to justify himself to the French people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 2<\/span>: On November 3, 1994, Fran\u00e7ois Mitterrand saw the existence of his second family made official by Paris Match at the very moment when he was embroiled in the Elys\u00e9e Palace bugging scandal. He considered these revelations as personal attacks by his opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Antoine Garceau (France, 2025) Les r\u00e8gles du jeu<\/strong>\u2014May 3 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Lolita does not like to smile. K\u00e9vin does not know how to sell himself. Hamid does not like bosses. At 20, without any diploma, they are looking for work. For six months, the coaches from a placement agency will teach them the behaviour and language one must have today to land a job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard (France, 2013) <\/p>\n\n\n\n B\u00e9atrice Dalle, \u00e0 prendre ou \u00e0 laisser<\/strong>\u2014May 14 at 11:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT 1986. B\u00e9atrice Dalle hit cinema screens as Betty in \u201c37\u00b02 le Matin\u201d: a veritable shock. Launched as the Bardot of the 1980s, the French actress embodied total freedom and a rock’n’roll femininity, far from the conventions of the day. A look back at her career, narrated by B\u00e9atrice herself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bal poussi\u00e8re<\/strong>\u2014 Streaming beginning May 6 The chief of a village in C\u00f4te d’Ivoire has five wives. He decides to take a sixth. That way, he will have one for every day of the week. On Sundays, he will rest and reward the one who has behaved the best. But with Binta\u2014the new wife, a modern and spirited young woman\u2014conflicts are not long in breaking out…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Henri Duparc (C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, 1989) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tabataba<\/strong>\u2014 Streaming beginning May 6 In a small village in Madagascar, the events of the 1947 revolt against French colonization are seen through the eyes of a young boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Raymond Rajaonarivelo (Madagascar, 1988) <\/p>\n\n\n\n U-Hauling<\/strong>\u2014 Now streaming Jeanne has slammed the door on Iris. But the latter still hasn’t realized that their relationship is over, convinced Jeanne will forgive her, or so she hopes. But where will she stay now? Moving from place to place and person to person, Iris learns to live without Jeanne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Dani Vermette (Quebec, 2020) <\/p>\n\n\n\n En haute mer<\/strong>\u2014 Streaming beginning May 6 A police inspector is sent to South Africa to escort back a young man suspected of involvement in the disappearance of his girlfriend. He has been arrested aboard a Swiss merchant cargo ship on suspicion of murdering a sailor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Denis Rabaglia (France, Switzerland, 2024) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Afrique sur seine<\/strong>\u2014 Streaming beginning May 6 One of the first films of African cinema, Afrique sur Seine immerses us in the lives of young Africans exiled in 1950s Paris. Is Africa in Africa, on the banks of the Seine, or in the Latin Quarter? Paulin Vieyra and Mamadou Sarr explore the lives of Africans living in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (France, 1955) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Theme: Cannes Festival and other major film festival features<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n En mai fais ce qu’il te plait<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning May 1 In 1940, to escape the German invasion, the inhabitants of a small village in northern France take to the road, joining millions of other French citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Christian Carion (2015) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le dernier souffle<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning May 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n A renowned writer meets with a palliative care doctor to discuss the meaning of life and death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Costa-Gavras (2024) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Everybody loves Touda<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning May 8 A young singer dreams of becoming a traditional Moroccan folk singer and providing a better life for her son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Nabil Ayouch (2024) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mazeppa\u2014<\/strong> available beginning May 8 A young romantic painter, fascinated by horses, immerses himself in a traveling circus to master painting horses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Bartabas (1993) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Gloria Mundi<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning May 15 A couple struggles financially while welcoming their first baby, but the new mom\u2019s estranged father, an ex-convict, decides to step in and help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Robert Gu\u00e9diguian (2019) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Wild Side<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning May 15 A transsexual prostitute leaves Paris to take care of her dying mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: S\u00e9bastien Lifshitz (2004) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Razzia<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning May 22 The city of Casablanca connects five people with separate narratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Nabil Ayouch (2017) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Diff\u00e9rente<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning May 22 A 35-year-old researcher for a documentary production company has a chaotic way of navigating her relationship with her boyfriend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Lola Doillon (2025) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lads<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning May 29 A young man begins a jockey apprenticeship at a steeplechase stable, the most dangerous form of horse racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Julien Menanteau (2024) <\/p>\n\n\n\n L’incroyable femme des neiges<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning May 29 A woman returns unannounced to her native village in the Jura Mountains to see the two brothers she hasn\u2019t seen in years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: S\u00e9bastien Betbeder (2025) <\/p>\n\n\n\n **Please note: Programs may change due to last-minute scheduling**<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8879207,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[231,219],"app_city_tax":[235,221,214,223,222,220,216,224,217,225,226],"app_event_type":[239,313],"class_list":["post-8879001","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-audiovisual","app_discipline-cinema","app_city_tax-all-cities","app_city_tax-atl","app_city_tax-bos","app_city_tax-chi","app_city_tax-hou","app_city_tax-la","app_city_tax-mia","app_city_tax-nola","app_city_tax-nyc","app_city_tax-sf","app_city_tax-dc","app_event_type-film","app_event_type-film-series"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/em>Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet Special<\/p>\n\n\n\nFilms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of the Cannes Film Festival
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Cast: Bernard Campan, Rapha\u00ebl Brottier, Maria Apostolakea, Fotini Peluso
Genre: Dramedy
Awards: Selected at the Cannes \u00c9crans Juniors Festival (France, 2024), the Regards d’ailleurs Festival in Dreux (France, 2024) and the Athens International Film Festival (Greece, 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of the Cannes Film Festival
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+ beginning May 6
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Cast: Pierrette Aboheu Njeuthat, Marguerite Mbakop, Duval Franklin
Genre: Drama
Awards: Selected at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes (France, 2023), Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film (Belgium, 2023), and Tarifa – Tangier African Film Festival (Spain, 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of the Cannes Film Festival
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
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Cast: \u00c9lodie Bouchez, Melvil Poupaud, Sophie Aubry
Genre: Drama
Awards: Un Certain Regard selection, Cannes (France, 1995)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of the Cannes Film Festival
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+ beginning May 6
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Cast: Ayoub Gretaa, Anna Mouglalis, Gr\u00e9goire Colin, Omar Boulakirba
Genre: Drama
Awards: Audience Award at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (Germany, 2024); selected for the Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival (France, 2024), Cinemania (Canada, 2024) and the Marrakech International Film Festival (Morocco, 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of the Cannes Film Festival
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
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Cast: Quentin Dolmaire, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Mathieu Amalric, Dinara Drukarova
Genre: Dramedy
Awards: C\u00e9sar Award for Best Director (France, 2016); awards for best music and best director at the Lumi\u00e8res de la presse internationale (France, 2016); in the official selection at the Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival (France, 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of the Cannes Film Festival
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Cast: Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Anouk Grinberg, Th\u00e9o Cholbi, Johann Dionnet
Genre: Thriller
Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Adaptation, Best Supporting Actor (Bouli Lanners), Best Emerging Actor (Bastien Bouillon), Best Sound, ‘C\u00e9sar des lyc\u00e9ens’ at the C\u00e9sar Awards (France, 2023); Best Foreign Film, Best Actor (Bouli Lanners) at the Magritte du cin\u00e9ma (Belgium, 2023); Jacques-Deray Prize (France, 2023); selected for the Cannes Festival, ‘Cannes Premi\u00e8res’ category (France, 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of the Cannes Film Festival
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Cast: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Beno\u00eet Magimel, Benjamin Biolay, Guillaume Gouix
Genre: Drama
Awards: Best Actress Award (Nadia Tereszkiewicz) at the Angoul\u00eame Festival (France, 2023); selected at the Cannes Festival (France, 2023), at Cin\u00e9mania (Canada, 2023) and at the French Film Festival of Helv\u00e9tie (Switzerland, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of the 2026 Roland-Garros tournament (English ST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cast: Florent Peyre, Yannick Noah, Roxanne Roux, C\u00e9lia Lebrument
Genre: Thriller<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of the Cannes Film Festival
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+ beginning May 6
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Cast: Laure Calamy, No\u00e9e Abita, Juan Cano, Daouda Diakhate, Baptiste Archimbaud
Genre: Dramedy
Awards: Louve d’or at the Montr\u00e9al nouveau cin\u00e9ma festival (Canada, 2017); selected at the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes (France, 2017), the BFI festival (UK, 2017), the Palm Springs festival (USA, 2018); nominated for the C\u00e9sars (Laure Calamy – Best Supporting Actress) (France, 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\nSeries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Season premiere
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Cast: Denis Podalyd\u00e8s, Val\u00e9rie Karsenti, Judith Chemla, Baptiste Carrion-Weiss
Genre: Biopic miniseries<\/p>\n\n\n\nDocumentaries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of the Cannes Film Festival
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+ beginning May 6
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Genre: Documentary
Awards: Golden Dove for Best Film at the DOK Leipzig Festival (Germany, 2014); selected at the ACID Cannes Festival (France, 2014) and at the Montreal New Cinema Festival (Canada, 2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of the Cannes Film Festival
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
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Director: \u00c9lise Baudouin (France, 2023)
Genre: Documentary<\/p>\n\n\n\nTV5Monde+<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Presented with the Institut fran\u00e7ais, part of La Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que Afrique
Please hold all promotion until May 11<\/em>
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Cast: Bamba Bakary, Tcheley Hanny, Naky Sy Savane
Genre: Comedy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Presented with the Institut fran\u00e7ais, part of La Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que Afrique
Please hold all promotion until May 11<\/em>
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Cast: Fran\u00e7ois Botozandry, Lucien Dakadisy
Genre: Drama<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nSeries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Jasmina Parent, Le\u00efla Donabelle-Kaze, Dominik Dagenais, Xavier Roberge
Genre: Drama, miniseries<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Maud Wyler, Michael Neuenschwander, Carlos Bardem
Genre: Thriller, miniseries<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nDocumentaries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Presented with the Institut fran\u00e7ais, part of La Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que Afrique
Please hold all promotion until May 11<\/em>
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Genre: Short film documentary<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nTV5Monde+ Cin\u00e9ma<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: August Diehl, Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner, Matthew Rhys
Genre: War drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cast: Denis Podalyd\u00e8s, Kad Merad, Marilyne Canto, Charlotte Rampling
Genre: Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Nisrin Erradi, Joud Chamihy, Jalila Talemsi
Genre: Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Miguel Bos\u00e8, Bartabas, Brigitte Marty
Genre: Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, G\u00e9rard Meylan
Genre: Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: St\u00e9phanie Michelini, Yasmine Belmadi, Edouard Nikitine
Genre: Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Maryam Touzani, Arieh Worthalter, Amine Ennaji
Genre: Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Jehnny Beth, Thibaut Evrard, Mireille Perrier
Genre: Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Marco Luraschi, Jeanne Balibar, Marc Barb\u00e9
Genre: Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Blanche Gardin, Philippe Katerine, Bastien Bouillon
Genre: Drama<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n