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Free Men – review
19 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
In the past four or five years there has been a welcome wave of revisionist accounts of life under the German occupation throughout western Europe, most of them works of some moral complexity. The largest number inevitably are from France, the most notable being Robert Guédiguian's Army of Crime about the anti-fascist refugees from Spain, Hungary, Poland, Armenia, Italy and elsewhere who paid a heavy price for fighting with the French resistance. There has also been Rachid Bouchareb's Days of Glory and Outside the Law about the experience of north African soldiers during and after the second world war. To these should now be added Free Men, a gripping fact-based thriller about events set in and around Paris's Muslim community and most especially the city's principal mosque. Jews and members of the resistance were being hidden in the mosque's cellars, while at ground level this place of worship »
- Philip French
This week's new films
25 May 2012 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Moonrise Kingdom (12A)
(Wes Anderson, 2012, Us) Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray. 94 mins
Anderson's signature meticulous, deadpan retro-chic works best when it's tethered to something tangibly real, as this is, historically and emotionally. Set on an island microcosm of 1965 America, it details the touching elopement of two precocious but naive pre-teens, and the grown-up chaos and crises their clandestine outdoors adventure provokes. It's a stylised storm in a teacup, packed with visual flourishes, cultural footnotes and the usual dry comedy. But beneath the playfulness are some deceptively mature observations on the pain that comes with both childhood and adulthood.
Men In Black 3 (PG)
(Barry Sonnenfeld, 2012, Us) Will Smith, Josh Brolin, Alice Eve. 106 mins
A time-travel twist facilitates a return to the 1960s and the golden age of conspiracy theories, which goes a long way to justifying a sequel no one was particularly screaming out for. »
- Steve Rose
Free Men Review
25 May 2012 6:30 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
World War Two is one of the most cinematically adapted periods of modern history, with countless films released offering an insight into the horrific war. Yet Ismaël Ferroukhi’s Free Men takes somewhat of a different stance, delving into the harsh subject matter from a Muslim perspective, offering an intriguingly original take on tales we’ve been told several times.
Set in German-occupied Paris in 1943, we follow the life of Algerian immigrant and grafter Younes (Tahar Rahim), surviving on his own by selling goods to fellow refugees. However, following an arrest, he is blackmailed into becoming a spy for the law enforcement – as the police want him to inform them of wrongdoings taking place at the local Mosque, where they suspect the Muslims are providing fake identities for Jews hiding in Paris. The rector, Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit (Michael Lonsdale), uses an intense degree of charm and intelligence to keep the law at bay, »
- Stefan Pape
The Hey U Guys Cinema Release Round-up : 25th May
25 May 2012 5:30 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator finally unseated The Avengers from atop of the UK Box Office standings this week after a barnstorming opening few days that was no doubt aided by plenty of surprisingly positive reviews. The Raid had an impressive showing too coming in 5th overall this past week which isn’t bad for an ultra-violent Indonesian martial-arts movie!
This weeks big release is the third outing for the Men In Black with Josh Brolin joining Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in the intergalactic fight against alien invasion. Sony will be expecting big things from the Mib and it’s undoubtedly one of their tent pole blockbusters of the summer. After the damp squib that was Men In Black 2 however, there was hardly a major public demand for a third installment so it remains to be seen whether there will be sufficient interest. Nevertheless, if Smith and Jones »
- Rob Keeling
Free Men (aka Les Hommes Libres) Review
24 May 2012 1:00 PM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Director: Ismaël Ferroukhi
Starring: Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmud Shalaby, Lubna Azabal, Farid Larby
Certificate: 12A
Running Time: 99 mins
Synopsis: In Nazi-occupied France in 1942 an Algerian immigrant decides to join the resistance, after forming a close bond with a Jewish musician…
Loosely based on true events, this war-drama, which moonlights as an edgy espionage-thriller at times, follows Younes (Rahim), a black marketeer, and a man of few words, who plies his trade on the streets of Paris. During one of his business deals he befriends Salim; a young Jewish musician, whose popularity is rising amongst the people. Just as the two start to cherish each other’s company, all is thrown asunder, when gendarmes find Younes in the company of his cousin, Ali (Farid Larby); a respected union member and resistance leader. Though his cousin escapes, Younes is caught and decides to spy on the worshippers of a local mosque »
- Martin Daniel McDonagh
New Trailer & Poster For Free Men
20 April 2012 9:06 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
The last time most of us saw Tahar Rahim, he was making unorthodox use of razor blades in A Prophet. Now he's back in Free Men, a story about the French Resistance that has a slightly different emphasis to the usual. And here are a new trailer and poster for the film.The film sees Rahim as a young Frenchman of Algerian origin who survives in the early years of the German Occupation of Paris as a black marketeer. But his situation soon becomes more complicated: he's blackmailed by the Germans into spying on a Paris mosque and its leader (Michael Lonsdale) and becomes inspired to join the Resistance by the people he meets there. While this trailer is similar to others out there, there are a few new snippets included. brightcove.createExperiences();The film also stars Mahmud Shalaby and Lubna Azabal, and is directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi. Free Men »
Daily Briefing. Most Anticipated Films of 2012
12 January 2012 12:27 AM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Zhang Ziyi in Wong Kar-wai's The Grandmasters
For about a week now, Ioncinema has been counting down its "Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012" — and they're almost there. As of this writing, after 99 individual entries filling us in on all that Eric Lavallee knows about the films he's looking forward to, the title that'll land in the #1 spot remains a mystery. I'll update when it appears, but for now, click the titles to see the files on the top 20 so far:
Update, 1/12: And we have a #1:
Carlos Reygadas's Post Tenebras Lux. Michael Haneke's Love. Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master. Terrence Malick's The Burial (that title's likely to change). Olivier Assayas's Something in the Air. Wong Kar-wai's The Grandmasters. Abbas Kiarostami's Like Someone in Love. Antonio Campos's Simon Killer. Derek Cianfrance's Place Beyond the Plains. Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bone. »
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