Throughout July, 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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Tour de France 2026<\/strong>\u2014 July 4 to July 26 at 2:30pm ET\/11:30am PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2026 Tour de France Men’s race will take place from July 4 to 26, starting in Barcelona, then returning to France until the final stage in Paris. In its 113th edition, it will be the 27th Grand D\u00e9part taking place abroad, and the 3rd in Spain. There will be 21 stages: 7 flat stages, 4 hilly stages, 8 mountain stages including 5 summit finishes at Gavarnie-G\u00e8dre, at Plateau de Solaison, Orci\u00e8res-Merlette and Alpe d’Huez (twice), 1 team time trial, and 1 individual time trial. There will be 2 rest days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bastille Day Parade 2026 LIVE<\/strong>\u2014 July 14 at 4:00am ET\/1:00am PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n Celebrate Bastille Day with a broadcast of the military parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n D\u00e9fil\u00e9 Militaire et Civil du 21 Juillet<\/strong>\u2014 July 21 at 6:30pm ET\/3:30pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Belgian National Day is celebrated with a military and civil parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le voyage de Fanny<\/strong>\u2014 July 14 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT At the height of the Second World War, 12-year-old Fanny looks after her younger sisters in a home, far from their parents. Forced to flee suddenly, she finds herself leading a group of eight children on a dangerous journey across occupied France to reach the Swiss border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Lola Doillon (France\/Belgium, 2016) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Normale<\/strong>\u2014 July 12 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Lucie, a 15-year-old schoolgirl, lives alone with her father. Because he has multiple sclerosis, she takes care of all day-to-day tasks. A visit from a social worker threatens their equilibrium, and they must step up their efforts to give the illusion of a normal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Olivier Babinet (Belgium\/France, 2022) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pour le maillot jaune…<\/strong>\u2014 July 21 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT The romantic relationship between a sports journalist and a cyclist during the 1939 Tour de France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Jean Stelli (France, 1939) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Colocs de choc<\/strong>\u2014 July 26 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Manon, a teenager, lives with her grandmother Yvonne, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. Gradually, Yvonne begins to mistake Manon for her own daughter. Manon accepts this role and slips into the skin of a woman she never knew, in order to discover her little by little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: \u00c9lodie L\u00e9lu (Belgium\/France\/Canada, 2022) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fragments<\/strong>\u2014 Fridays, beginning July 3 at 11:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT Ep. 1<\/span>: It’s purely by chance that Marl\u00e8ne, Paul-Andr\u00e9 and Fran\u00e7ois happen to meet up again. A meeting that offers the three former friends an opportunity to catch up with what everyone has been doing and discover everything that’s been happening in their lives since they lost touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 2<\/span>: Marl\u00e8ne isn’t particularly enthusiastic about reconnecting with Fran\u00e7ois, whilst Paul-Andr\u00e9 feels a need to get close to his former friend again. In addition, Marl\u00e8ne seems uneasy whenever anyone talks about Sylvie. Tomas’s leaving hospital has everyone worried: C\u00e9leste becomes closer to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Claude Desrosiers (Canada, 2022) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Les siffleurs<\/strong>\u2014 Tuesdays, beginning July 19 at 11:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT Ep. 1<\/span>: Lila has disappeared. On her social media page @lessiffleurs, she posted photos of men who harassed her. Appointed to head the investigation Marianne, finds herself up against an unexpected problem: the father of Sol\u00e8ne, friend of the victim, turns out to be the man who raped her twenty years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 2<\/span>: Lenoir discovers photographs of Sol\u00e8ne on porn websites. The next day, she disappears. A connection is rapidly made between Lila’s case and that of Sol\u00e8ne. Meanwhile, Marianne continues to suspect Sol\u00e8ne’s father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Nathalie Marchak (France, 2022) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tandem<\/strong>\u2014 Tuesdays, beginning July 21 at 11:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT Ep. 1<\/span>: The body of a stripper, dressed as a fire fighter, is found during a party. But who could have had it in for the fire-fighting hero? The consequences of fire brigade intervention that ended badly, or the settling of a personal score?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 2<\/span>: When a man is adamant about have escaped a murder attempt and accuses his partner’s ex-husband, the police pay little attention. After all the former couple are in a no-holds barred battle over custody of their son. But tragedy strikes when the man’s body is found, murdered that same evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Octave Raspail, Lionel Chatton, Denis Thybaud, Jason Roff\u00e9 (France, 2022) <\/p>\n\n\n\n La (tr\u00e8s) grande \u00e9vasion<\/strong>\u2014 July 5 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Faced with tax evasion by multinational companies, political inaction increases suspicions of collusion among a population hit hard by the crisis. Increasingly taxed and victims of major inequalities, citizens have only one recourse and faint hope left: the ballot box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Yannick Kergoat (France, 2021) <\/p>\n\n\n\n La fi\u00e8vre des festivals<\/strong>\u2014 Mondays, beginning July 6 at 6:30pm ET\/3:30pm PT Ep. 1<\/span>: The final preparations before the start of a festival are always hectic. The teams may be a bit rusty but everyone eventually gets into high gear. Despite years of experience, organizers often feel that they won’t be ready for the kick-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 2<\/span>: Everyone should leave with good memories of their time at a festival and, above all, the desire to come back. Organizers need to create an environment conducive to happiness, balancing everyone’s wishes with the constraints inherent in hosting a large-scale event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Charles Gervais (Canada, 2025) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeunesses !<\/strong>\u2014 July 15 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Ep. 1<\/span>: In the canton of Vaud, the new year is starting nosily in the streets of Chavornay. The works for the next Giron festival are starting and important elections are being held in the surrounding area. Youths start rehearsing a new play not without difficulty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 2<\/span>: Spring is taking root in the Vaud countryside. Tension is rising in Grandvaux and the theatre contest is finally starting. In Moulins, a youth shoot-out is being organised; in Corcelles, we learn how to waltz; in Chavornay, the Giron festival is starting to take shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: C\u00e9line Pernet, Daniel Wiss (Switzerland, 2023) <\/p>\n\n\n\n L’affaire Jeanne d’Arc<\/strong>\u2014 July 16 at 11:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT 1456. Twenty-five years after Joan of Arc’s death at the stake, a rehabilitation trial is opened by Jean Br\u00e9hal. The Grand Inquisitor of France reconstructs Joan’s life, relying on the testimonies of her companions-in-arms and judges. Domr\u00e9my, Rouen, Orl\u00e9ans, Reims: he investigates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Antoine de Meaux, Sarry Long (France, 2023) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pingouin et Go\u00e9land et leurs 500 petits<\/strong>\u2014 July 19 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT The story of an extraordinary couple. Daughter of deportees, the mother of director Michel Leclerc is taken in at the S\u00e8vres children’s home in Hauts-de-Seine, an institution run by Roger and Yvonne Hagnauer, a couple of anti-Nazi pacifists whom everyone nicknamed “Penguin” and “Seagull.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Michel Leclerc (France, 2020) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ne me lib\u00e9rez pas, je m’en charge<\/strong>\u2014 July 28 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT A former hold-up man, Michel Vaujour has spent 27 years behind bars, 17 of them in solitary confinement. Longing for freedom, he has made five spectacular escapes. While this tumultuous lifestyle has often exposed him to the worst situations, it has also put him face to face with himself…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Fabienne Godet (France, 2009) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Courage fuyons<\/strong>\u2014 Streaming beginning July 1 A middle-aged man leaves his wife, children, and daily life behind to follow a cabaret singer to Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Yves Robert (France, 1979) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le match dans le match<\/strong>\u2014 Now streaming: https:\/\/www.tv5mondeplus.com\/en\/sport\/magazines-et-reportages-sportifs\/le-match-dans-le-match<\/a> A key figure from the world of sport looks back at a particular competition, a career, an outstanding moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Host: Pierre Classen (Monaco, 2026) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Theme: Vacation and comedy films<\/p>\n\n\n\n Et la tendresse ?… Bordel !<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning July 3 An exploration of tenderness in love among three couples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Patrick Schulmann (1979) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Zig-Zag Story<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning July 3 In this cult classic, the lives of three Parisians, a color-blind painter, a radio show host, and an erotic photographer, intertwine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Patrick Schulmann (1983) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pour le maillot jaune<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning July 10 A champion cyclist competes in the 1939 Tour de France and wins the heart of a young sports journalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Jean Stelli (1940) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Paradis Paris<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning July 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a series of interconnected stories, the lives of several Parisians are dramatically changed when confronted with the reality of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Marjane Satrapi (2024) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le Pharaon, le Sauvage et la Princesse<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning July 17 A storyteller tells three stories from three different times: Ancient Egypt, the French Middle Ages, and 18th-century Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Michel Ocelot (2022) <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00c0 l’ancienne<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning July 17 Two lifelong friends from Brittany find out one of their fellow villagers has won millions in the lottery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Herv\u00e9 Mimran (2024) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Aimons-nous vivants<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning July 24 A disillusioned 70-year-old crooner on a train to Geneva, where he plans to end his life, meets an eccentric fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Jean-Pierre Am\u00e9ris (2025) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sexyg\u00e9naires<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning July 24 At the age of sixty, two close friends experience financial difficulties after investing in a brewery together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Robin Sykes (2023) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tire-au-flanc<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning July 31 A young dandy cannot escape military service despite all the string-pulling his dear aunt tried to do for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Fernand Rivers (1950) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le fil<\/strong>\u2014 available beginning July 31 Based on a true story, a disillusioned lawyer decides to defend a man accused of murdering his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Daniel Auteuil (2024) Please note: Programs may change due to last-minute scheduling<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8998336,"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":[313],"class_list":["post-8998333","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-series"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFilms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In commemoration of the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup of July 16, 1942
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Cast: C\u00e9cile de France, St\u00e9phane de Groodt, L\u00e9onie Souchaud, Fantine Harduin
Genre: Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Beno\u00eet Peolvoorde, Justine Lacroix, Joseph Roz\u00e9, Sofian Khammes
Genre: Dramedy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of this year’s Tour de France
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Cast: Albert Pr\u00e9jean, Meg Lemonnier, Ren\u00e9 G\u00e9nin, Robert Arnoux
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Cast: H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Vincent, Olivier Gourmet, Fantine Harduin, Rita Benmannana
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Cast: C\u00e9line Bonnier, Ren\u00e9 Richard Cyr, James Hyndman, Luc Gu\u00e9rin, Schelby Jean-Baptiste
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Season premiere
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Cast: Nadia Far\u00e8s, St\u00e9phane Monpetit, Marion Delage, Louise Massin, Charles Berling
Genre: Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Season 7 premiere
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+ beginning July 1
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Cast: Astrid Veillon, St\u00e9phane Blancafort, Pi\u00e9rick Tournier, Tatiana Gousseff, Alban Casterman
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In commemoration of the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup of July 16, 1942
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Genre: Documentary
Awards: Critics’ Prize at the Valenciennes Festival (France, 2020); selected at the Angoul\u00eame Francophone Film Festival, at the La Rochelle Festival (France, 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of director Fabienne Godet
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Genre: Documentary
Awards: One nomination (C\u00e9sar, best documentary category 2010), shortlisted (Berlin, 2009)<\/p>\n\n\n\nTV5Monde+<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Jean Rochefort, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Leroy
Genre: Romantic comedy
Awards: 1980 C\u00e9sar Awards Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress Nominees<\/p>\n\n\n\nDocumentaries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Jean-Luc Bideau, Evelyne Dress, Bernard Giraudeau
Genre: Comedy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Diane Bellego, Christian Fran\u00e7ois, Fabrice Luchini
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Cast: Albert Pr\u00e9jean, Meg Lemonnier, Ren\u00e9 G\u00e9nin, Robert Arnoux
Genre: Comedy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cast: Monica Bellucci, Ben Aldridge, Andr\u00e9 Dussollier
Genre: Comedy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Genre: Animation
Awards: 2023 Lumiere Awards Best Animated Film Nominee<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Didier Bourdon, G\u00e9rard Darmon, Chantal Lauby
Genre: Comedy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Val\u00e9rie Lemercier, G\u00e9rard Darmon, Patrick Timsit
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Cast: Thierry Lhermitte, Patrick Timsit, Marie Bunel
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Cast: Maurice Baquet, Francis Blanche, Pierre Bertin
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Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Gr\u00e9gory Gadebois, Sidse Babett Knudsen
Genre: Drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n