News culture This French action film is in demand on Amazon at the end of 2024: it steals the TOP 10 and rises to the top!
With the advent of streaming VOD, French cinema is finding new platforms on which to present its projects that neither broadcasters nor television networks are interested in.
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The French cultural exception roughly defines how the country's film industry works and among others, Distributors must invest in local cinema to be allowed to broadcast. Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime and other streaming services available in France all fulfill the obligation to support the local industry by financing several films and series per year. These incentives now make it possible for filmmakers To create works that may not have been funded by traditional television networks and distribution companies.
These works include Action cinema, a relatively unpopular genre in mainstream French cinema, is experiencing new life through the contribution of these platforms. We can remember the two films, for example Lost ball by Guillaume Pierret, broadcast by Netflix, or Kali by Julien Seri, distributed by Amazon Prime. Amazon is also in question, because Jeff Bezos' platform can congratulate itself on the success of a new action film it is distributing: Tigers and hyenas.
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Director and co-writer: Jérémie Guez, Tigers and hyenas tells the story of Malik, a young man who learns of his stepfather's arrest because he was a member of the “Fontainebleau gang”. With the help of his father-in-law's lawyer and his former robber partners, Malik tries to free his relative by preparing a dangerous robbery. Available on the American streaming service since November 22nd. The film managed to reach second place among the most watched films on the platform in France. Carried by the performances of Waël Sersoub (Kanun, la loi that you sang, BRI) Géraldine Nakache (Kaamelott, The flame) and Sofiane Zermani (Enemy brothers, The reward of fear), the feature film seems to be well received by French audiences.
It has to be said that French genre cinema as a whole was avoided by the usual production houses for a long time.because he didn't think these films were sufficiently attractive to the public. Despite the success of certain productions (which particularly come to mind Vermines by Sébastien Vaniček), Directors working in this area of cinema often have to turn to the United States to find producers willing to finance their ambitions. We can only hope that the pool of talent working in genre cinema has now found a place that is conducive to their development.