Ordinary Victories
Each week, FrenchFlicks selects a French film available on TV5MONDE Cinema on Demand. The streaming service presents an assortment of 30 French language films including recent releases and timeless classics, festival favorites, films and series never before seen on television in the US!
This month, TV5MONDE Cinema On Demand presents Ordinary Victories (Le combat ordinaire), a deeply moving and uplifting drama about a touchy subject on camera, depression.
Marco, in his thirties, is a little lost and tormented at the thought of truly settling. A former war photographer, he no longer wants to cover conflict and is more interested in the world of longshiremen.
"Funny and tender, Laurent Tuel's film is as moving as the graphic novel it's adapted from" - Hollywood Reporter
Directed by: Laurent Tuel (France, 2015)
With: Nicolas Duvauchelle, Maud Wyler, André Wilms
Genre: Drama
Running time : 1h 41min
Subtitles: English
TV5MONDE Cinema on Demand is now available via streaming with Sling TV
Now also available: Aurore, L'œuvre au noir, Rendez-vous à Kiruna, Swagger, Petits meurtres en famille and much more.