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Max has unveiled a trio of French shows ahead of launch, with commissioning head Vera Peltekian saying “we don’t want to do a French Succession or White Lotus.“

EXCLUSIVE: France TV Distribution has posted new deals for French director Delphine Deloget’s custody battle drama All To Play For (Rien à perdre) starring Virgine Efira.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Justine Triet‘s Palme d’Or winning “Anatomy of a Fall” picked up top accolades at the 29th Lumiere Awards, France’s equivalent to the Golden Globes, at a ceremony held Monday at the Forum des Images in Paris. While Triet lost the best director nod to Thomas Cailley for his supernatural family drama “The Animal Kingdom,” “Anatomy of a Fall” won best film, actress for Sandra Huller, and screenplay for Triet and Arthur Harari.

Justine Triet’s Anatomy Of A Fall continued its prize-winning run on Monday at France’s 29th Lumière Awards clinching Best Film and Best Screenplay, while its German star Sandra Hüller won Best Actress.

Idris Elba and Richard Madden has topped the Netflix UK film chart.Bastille Day, directed and co-written by James Watkins, was released on the streaming service this week and has quickly become a hit on the platform. In the US, the film is titled The Take.An official synopsis reads: “After a mix-up lands him in hot water, skilled pickpocket Michael Mason (Madden) is forced to help a no-nonsense CIA operative (Elba) track a terrorist group in Paris.”Other cast members include Charlotte Le Bon, Kelly Reilly, Jose Garcia, Thierry Godard, Anatol Yusef, Eriq Ebouaney and Arieh Worthalter.When it was released in 2016, Bastille Day received a mixed reception from critics, with the film earning a 48 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes.Gonna check out BASTILLE DAY because Netflix keeps putting it in my face whenever I start up that app and I'm too weak to think for myself pic.twitter.com/HDKg2GdRd8— Jon Ẉalmsley (@ArghZombies) July 19, 2023Watched a great thing on Netflix last night with Iris Elba, Bastille Day.It was really good actually.— TFRM (@Bondson007) July 20, 2023The star appeal of Elba and Madden, however, is likely attracting Netflix subscribers to the film. Earlier this year, the former starred in Luther: The Fallen Sun.

Guy Lodge Film Critic Appealing a conviction for two murders he insists he didn’t commit — while candidly, even proudly, admitting to multiple armed robbery charges — French activist turned criminal Pierre Goldman refuses to call any witnesses in his defense. “I’m innocent because I’m innocent,” he says flatly, rejecting the idea that testaments to his character and conduct have anything to do with it, and professing himself “disgusted” by courtroom pomp and theatricality. Except Goldman knows the power of fiery rhetorical speechifying when it suits him: In “The Goldman Case,” Cédric Kahn’s formally restrained but ultimately electrifying dramatization of a trial that gripped and divided France in 1976, that canny inconsistency is but one unexpected fold in a courtroom drama that finds equal intrigue in legal order and human chaos.