Throughout September, 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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Franc-jeu<\/strong><\/strong> \u2014 Sundays, continuing\u00a0September 6\u00a0at 2:30pm ET\/11:30am PT\u00a0(first episode airs August 30)<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the run-up to the French presidential campaign,\u00a0\u201cFranc-jeu\u201d\u00a0welcomes the main political leaders and gives\u00a0a central place\u00a0to the major debates that mark public life. Benjamin Duhamel questions those who\u00a0participate\u00a0in the choices offered to the French for the future of the country: a direct,\u00a0demanding\u00a0and accessible dialogue, without\u00a0pretence\u00a0or concessions.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Plus\u00a0qu’hier,\u00a0moins\u00a0que\u00a0demain<\/strong><\/strong> \u2014 September 1\u00a0at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT\u00a0 On this\u00a0summer morning, no one is expecting Sonia, who reappears in the village, among her own people, after a long absence, with her baby and her husband. Determined to wipe the slate clean, the young woman brings painful memories back to the surface. Sorrows, confessions, the violence of feelings, an overlooked gem of French cinema.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Laurent Achard\u00a0(France, 1998)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le\u00a0lyc\u00e9en<\/strong> \u2014 September\u00a06\u00a0at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Following the sudden death of his father, 17-year-old Lucas is going to spend a week in Paris with his brother, Quentin. The young man will have to confront his demons to rediscover his zest for life. A teenage experience of grief that mirrors the director’s own story.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Christophe Honor\u00e9\u00a0(France,\u00a02022)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Merlusse<\/strong> \u2014\u00a0September\u00a08\u00a0at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Blanchard, a strict teacher with a deformed face, is nicknamed “Merlusse” and mocked by the pupils. In his secondary school, on Christmas Eve, he alone takes care of the few boarders who have no one. Little by little, the children come to understand that he is not a monster and learn to see beyond his\u00a0appearance.his\u00a0zest for life. A teenage experience of grief that mirrors the director’s own story.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Marcel Pagnol\u00a0(France,\u00a01935) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Un\u00a0autre\u00a0p\u00e8re<\/strong>\u2014\u00a0September\u00a011\u00a0at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT\u00a0 Thibaut, 40, is raising his adopted son Gabriel, who is of Senegalese origin, on his own. Faced with a young boy searching for his identity, he decides to reconnect with his past and returns to\u00a0Gor\u00e9e\u00a0Island in search of Gabriel’s biological mother, whom he once knew.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Pierre Linhart\u00a0(France,\u00a02025) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le\u00a0th\u00e9or\u00e8me\u00a0de Marguerite<\/strong>\u2014\u00a0September 13 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT\u00a0 Marguerite, a brilliant\u00a0maths\u00a0student at the prestigious \u00c9cole\u00a0normale\u00a0sup\u00e9rieure university, is presenting her thesis. But another PhD student interrupts her and refutes her argument. Against everyone’s advice, Marguerite gives up her studies. Left to her own devices, with no money, she discovers a passion and a talent for the game of Mahjong.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Anna\u00a0Novion\u00a0(France,\u00a0Switzerland\u00a02023)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ugolin<\/strong>\u2014\u00a0September\u00a015\u00a0at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT\u00a0 In the hills of Provence, Manon lives alone. She\u00a0harbours\u00a0resentment toward those who caused her family’s downfall: the\u00a0Papet\u00a0and\u00a0Ugolin. When she discovers the spring that supplies the village with water and feeds Ugolin’s carnation fields, she blocks it. And begins her revenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Marcel Pagnol (France, 1952)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sentinelle\u00a0sud<\/strong>\u2014\u00a0September 20\u00a0at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT\u00a0 Back from a mission in Afghanistan that decimated his unit, the soldier Christian Lafayette is trying to get his life back to normal. He soon becomes embroiled in an opium smuggling operation to save two surviving brothers-in-arms.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Mathieu\u00a0G\u00e9rault\u00a0(France,\u00a02021)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Colombine<\/strong>\u2014\u00a0September 22\u00a0at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT\u00a0 Colombine, 13 years old,\u00a0is in conflict with\u00a0her mother. On the run, she travels through time in search of her absent father. She is parachuted one year earlier to the F\u00eate des Vignerons. Alone in the world of adults,\u00a0Colombine\u00a0tries to find traces of her father.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Dominique Othenin-Girard\u00a0(Switzerland, 2022)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Petites mains<\/strong>\u2014\u00a0September 27\u00a0at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT\u00a0 Eva, twenty-something, lands a job as a chambermaid in a prestigious Parisian hotel.\u00a0Her colleagues are a close-knit team of strong characters. She also discovers the reality of this world where the client is king. When a social movement begins to take root, each employee has a choice to make.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Nessim Chikhaoui\u00a0(France, 2023)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n C’est\u00a0\u00e7a\u00a0l’amour<\/strong>\u2014\u00a0September 29\u00a0at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT\u00a0 Since his wife left, Mario has been raising his two daughters on his own. Frida, 14, blames him for her mother’s departure. Niki, 17, dreams of independence. Mario, meanwhile, is still waiting for his wife’s return…\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Claire Burger\u00a0(France,\u00a0Belgium, 2017)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pandore<\/strong>\u2014<\/em>\u00a0Sundays, beginning\u00a0September 6\u00a0at\u00a011:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT\u00a0 A corruption scandal\u00a0erupts\u00a0in the middle of an election campaign in Brussels. On learning that her father was involved, Claire Delval, the examining magistrate, withdrew from the investigation. She was then confronted with a case of rape of an activist, also linked to the world of politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 1: While Claire, an examining magistrate, is celebrating her father Simon Delval’s birthday, she discovers that he is involved in the corruption case she has been investigating for years. Mark Van Dyck, a discreet and competent politician, is hoping to fill the vacancy left by Simon…\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Savina\u00a0Dellicour, Vania\u00a0Leturcq\u00a0(Belgium, 2022)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Avant le crash<\/strong>\u2014<\/em>\u00a0Fridays, beginning\u00a0September 11\u00a0at\u00a011:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT\u00a0 Marc-Andr\u00e9 is a drop-out, living on the margins of society. All his friends work in finance at\u00a0Strat\u00e9gie\u00a0Investissement Qu\u00e9bec. For his birthday, they\u00a0offer\u00a0him an opportunity to\u00a0return to the business world, but at the bottom of the ladder,\u00a0a chance\u00a0to start over again.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 1:\u00a0On Marc-Andr\u00e9’s birthday, his friend Fran\u00e7ois offers him a job as an assistant in his company. All those around them\u00a0work for\u00a0for\u00a0the same business:\u00a0Strat\u00e9gie\u00a0Investissement Qu\u00e9bec.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>St\u00e9phane Lapointe\u00a0(Quebec, 2022)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Si je\u00a0veux<\/strong>\u2014<\/em>September\u00a022\u00a0at\u00a011:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT\u00a0 The intertwined stories of Bertille, Am\u00e9lie and Flora, a mother and her two daughters. Although each of them has\u00a0a very different\u00a0view of motherhood, their bonds will grow stronger through the trials they go through, eventually leading them back to their native land: French Guiana.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 1:\u00a0Am\u00e9lie, mother of two children, wants to carry a child for another couple as part of a surrogacy arrangement. She travels to London to begin the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte\u00a0Pagnot\u00a0(France,\u00a02024)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cousu<\/strong>\u2014Mondays, beginning September 21\u00a0at\u00a06:30pm ET\/3:30pm PT\u00a0 Dress is not only a personal expression, but also a cultural expression. From Argentina to Belgium and Morocco,\u00a0actress\u00a0and presenter Karine Vanasse discovers the world through the world of fashion.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep.\u00a01:\u00a0Argentina has every reason to be proud of its wool,\u00a0leather\u00a0and many other textiles. Karine Vanasse arrives in Buenos Aires to meet designers who have a sense of style but also a concern for adapting their creations to the country’s hot climate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Julien Cadieux,\u00a0Jo\u00ebl A. Robichaud\u00a0(Quebec, 2025)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fanon<\/strong>\u2014\u00a0Streaming beginning\u00a0September\u00a02\u00a0 A biopic on the life of Frantz Fanon, a French psychiatrist from Martinique who is appointed head of the psychiatric hospital in Blida, Algeria.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Jean-Claude Flamand-Barny\u00a0(France,\u00a02024)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Castes :\u00a0Les amours\u00a0interdites<\/strong>\u2014 Streaming beginning\u00a0September\u00a02\u00a0 A\u00a0Ivorian drama\u00a0following\u00a0the powerful Koulibaly patriarch and his family as they face intense internal conflicts.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Franck Vlehi\u00a0(C\u00f4te\u00a0d\u2019Ivoire,\u00a02026)\u00a0 Fauch\u00e9es<\/strong>\u2014 Streaming beginning\u00a0September 21\u00a0\u00a0 Two broke cousins sell their deceased grandmother\u2019s items to pay off their debts. A tender and crazy comedy where each item sold tells a story. One episode = an item for sale = a strange buyer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Le\u00efla Macaire\u00a0(France,\u00a02026)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Director:\u00a0<\/strong>N\/A (France, 2026)\u00a0
Hosts:<\/strong>\u00a0Benjamin Duhamel\u00a0
Genre:\u00a0<\/strong>News\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nFilms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+<\/a>
Part of TV5MONDE\u2019s Les\u00a0ann\u00e9es\u00a0bascule (Turning Point Years) series<\/em>
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Mireille Roussel, Laetitia\u00a0Legrix, Martin Mihelich, Lily Boulogne, Daniel Isoppo, Vincent Martin, Pascal Cervo\u00a0
Genre:\u00a0<\/strong>Dramedy\u00a0
Awards:<\/strong>\u00a0Grand jury prize and G\u00e9rard-Frot-Coutaz\u00a0prize at the\u00a0Entrevues\u00a0Belfort Festival (France, 1998); Tiger Awards at the Rotterdam Film Festival (Netherlands, 1999); selected at ACID Cannes (France, 1998)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Part of TV5MONDE\u2019s Les\u00a0ann\u00e9es\u00a0bascule (Turning Point Years) series<\/em>\u00a0
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Paul Kircher, Vincent Lacoste, Juliette Binoche, Erwan\u00a0Kepoa\u00a0Fal\u00e9\u00a0
Genre:\u00a0<\/strong>Drama\u00a0
Awards:<\/strong>\u00a0Best Performance Award – “Visages de la Francophonie” (Paul Kircher) at Cinemania (Canada, 2022); Silver Concha for Best Actor (Paul Kircher) at the San Sebasti\u00e1n International Film Festival (SSIFF) (Spain, 2022); nomination for Best New Male Actor (Paul Kircher) at the C\u00e9sar Awards (France, 2023); Selected for the Vienna Francophone Film Festival (Austria, 2023) and Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York (United States, 2023)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also streaming on <\/em>TV5MONDE<\/em>+\u00a0<\/a>
Part of TV5MONDE\u2019s Les\u00a0ann\u00e9es\u00a0bascule (Turning Point Years) series<\/em>\u00a0
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Henri Poupon, Andr\u00e9 Pollack, Annie Toinon, Jean Castan
Genre:\u00a0<\/strong>Comedy\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Jean Le Peltier, Tyron Bayineni, Ladi\u00a0Emeruwa, Adama Ndoye, Aminata Sarr, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Theunissen
Genre:\u00a0<\/strong>Drama, TV-Movie
Awards:<\/strong>\u00a0Best TV Movie and Best Actor Award for Jean Le Peltier at the La Rochelle Fiction Festival (France, 2025)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Part of TV5MONDE\u2019s Les\u00a0ann\u00e9es\u00a0bascule (Turning Point Years) series<\/em>
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Ella Rumpf, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Clotilde\u00a0Courau, Julien Frison\u00a0
Genre:\u00a0<\/strong>Dramedy\u00a0
Awards:<\/strong>\u00a0Best New Actress (Ella Rumpf) at the C\u00e9sar Awards (France, 2024); Young Film Technician Award (Anne-Sophie Delseries) at the Cannes Film Festival (France, 2023); Audience Grand Prix at the\u00a0Cabourg\u00a0Film Festival (France, 2023);\u00a0selected for Cannes (Best New Actor) (France, 2024) and the\u00a0Angoul\u00eame\u00a0Francophone Film Festival (France, 2023)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+<\/a><\/em>
Part of TV5MONDE\u2019s Les\u00a0ann\u00e9es\u00a0bascule (Turning Point Years) series<\/em>\u00a0
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Jacqueline Pagnol, Rellys, Raymond Pellegrin, Fernand Sardou\u00a0
Genre:\u00a0<\/strong>Dramedy\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+<\/a><\/em>
Part of TV5MONDE\u2019s Les\u00a0ann\u00e9es\u00a0bascule (Turning Point Years) series<\/em>\u00a0
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Niels Schneider, Sofian\u00a0Khammes, India Hair\u00a0
Genre:\u00a0<\/strong>Drama\u00a0
Awards:<\/strong>\u00a0Selected at Cinemania (Canada, 2022),\u00a0Varilux\u00a0Festival of French Cinema (Brazil, 2022), Rendez-vous\u00a0d’Unifrance\u00a0in Paris (France, 2022)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+<\/a><\/em>
Part of TV5MONDE\u2019s Les\u00a0ann\u00e9es\u00a0bascule (Turning Point Years) series<\/em>\u00a0
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Adrien Barazzone,\u00a0Jean-Luc Barbezat,\u00a0Jean Alo\u00efs Belbachir\u00a0
Genre:\u00a0<\/strong>Dramedy\u00a0
Awards:<\/strong>\u00a0Selected at the Zurich Film Festival (Switzerland, 2022)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+<\/a><\/em>
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Corinne Masiero, Lucie Charles-Alfred, Marie-Sohna Cond\u00e9, Salimata Kamate\u00a0
Genre:\u00a0<\/strong>Dramedy\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of the\u00a0Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF)<\/em>\u00a0
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Bouli\u00a0Lanners, Justine Lacroix, Sarah Henochsberg\u00a0
Genre:\u00a0<\/strong>Dramedy\u00a0
Awards:<\/strong>\u00a0Magritte Award for Best Actor (Bouli\u00a0Lanners) (Belgium, 2020) ;\u00a0Best Director Award of the Giornate degli\u00a0autori\u00a0at the Venice Film Festival (Italy, 2018) ;\u00a0Swann d’or for Best Director, Swann d’or for Best Actor (Bouli\u00a0Lanners) at the\u00a0Cabourg\u00a0Film Festival (France, 2019),\u00a0International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF)\u00a0Cinevox\u00a0Jury Mention\u00a0(Belgium, 2019)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nSeries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Season 1 premiere<\/em>\u00a0
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+<\/a><\/em>
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Anne Coesens, Myriem\u00a0Akheddiou, Peter Van Den Begin, Salom\u00e9 Richard\u00a0Genre:<\/strong>\u00a0Drama, crime\u00a0
Awards:<\/strong>\u00a0Best 2022-minute series at the\u00a0Luchon\u00a0Festival (France, 2022)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Season\u00a01\u00a0premiere<\/em>\u00a0
Also streaming on <\/em>TV5MONDE+<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00c9ric Bruneau, \u00c9mile Proulx-Cloutier, Karine Vanasse, Mani Soleymanlou, Benoit Drouin-Germain\u00a0
Genre:<\/strong>\u00a0Drama\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Season\u00a0premiere<\/em>\u00a0
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+<\/a><\/em>
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Chlo\u00e9 Lecerf, Oc\u00e9ane\u00a0Ca\u00efraty, Gigi\u00a0Ledron\u00a0
Genre:<\/strong>\u00a0Dramedy, 3-part miniseries\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nDocumentaries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of Fashion Week<\/em>\u00a0
Also\u00a0streaming on TV5MONDE+<\/a><\/em>
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Host:<\/strong>\u00a0Karine Vanasse\u00a0
Genre:<\/strong>\u00a0Documentary\u00a0series, fashion\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nTV5Monde+<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Alexandre Bouyer,\u00a0D\u00e9borah Fran\u00e7ois,\u00a0Stanislas Merhar\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nSeries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Season premiere\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Issaka Sawadogo,\u00a0Olivier Serge Grah,\u00a0Maud Guerard\u00a0
Genre:\u00a0<\/strong>Drama\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TV5MONDE original series world premiere<\/em>\u00a0
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Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Sophie de Gu\u00e9rines,\u00a0Marion Ha\u00efl\u00e9\u00a0
Genre:\u00a0<\/strong>Web series,\u00a0mini series, comedy\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nDocumentaries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n