Directed by:
Ismaël FerroukhiCinematography:
Jérôme AlmérasComposer:
Armand AmarCast:
Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmud Shalaby, Lubna Azabal, Christopher Buchholz, Stéphane Rideau, Farid Larbi, Youssef Hajdi, François Delaive (more)VOD (1)
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Set during the German occupation of Paris in 1942, Free Men stars Tahar Rahim as Younes, a young Algerian rogue who is arrested for black marketeering. In police custody he is given an ultimatum - either face an indefinite time in prison or become a spy for Nazi intelligence at the local Mosque, which is suspected of sheltering Resistance fighters and Jewish fugitives. As Younes goes deep undercover at the Mosque, he is drawn into a dangerous and morally complex situation - and must confront a terrible dilemma between serving his own best interests or putting himself in mortal danger to save the lives of innocent people. (Artificial Eye)
(more)Cast
Tahar Rahim
France
Best movies:
A Prophet (2009)
Samba (2014)
The Kindness of Strangers (2019)
Michael Lonsdale
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Mahmud Shalaby
Best movies:
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2010)
Jaffa (2009)
Free Men (2011)
Lubna Azabal
Belgium
Best movies:
Incendies (2010)
Rebel (2022)
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
Christopher Buchholz
USA
Best movies:
3 Days in Quiberon (2018)
Operation Valkyrie (2004) (TV movie)
Luther (2003)
Stéphane Rideau
France
Best movies:
Les Roseaux Sauvages (1994)
Sitcom (1998)
Free Men (2011)
Farid Larbi
Best movies:
A Prophet (2009)
Of Gods and Men (2010)
Free Men (2011)
Youssef Hajdi
France
Best movies:
Becoming a Father (2020) (TV movie)
Micmacs (2009)
Deerskin (2019)
François Delaive
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
A Few Days with Me (1988)
Meeting Venus (1991)
Slimane Dazi
France
Best movies:
A Prophet (2009)
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)
Smaïl Mekki
France
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996)
Irma Vep (1996)
Djemel Barek
Best movies:
Munich (2005)
My King (2015)
Secrets of State (2008)
Karim Leklou
France
Best movies:
The Source (2011)
The Stronghold (2020)
The Names of Love (2010)
Bruno Fleury
Best movies:
Free Men (2011)
The Family (2013)
Boulevard du Palais (1999) (series)
Marie Berto
Belgium
Best movies:
Little Nicholas (2009)
Microbe & Gasoline (2015)
Bon voyage (2003)
Jean-Pierre Becker
Best movies:
Amelie (2001)
The Fugitives (1986)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Blandine Pélissier
France
Best movies:
Welcome (2009)
Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)
Jean-Philippe (2006)
Zakariya Gouram
Best movies:
The Names of Love (2010)
Free Men (2011)
Paris Memories (2022)
Jean-Pol Brissart
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Guilty (2011)
Amelie (2001)
Noureddine Souli
Best movies:
Free Men (2011)
Augustus (2003) (TV movie)
L'Île maudite (2003) (TV movie)