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  • 2012
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2012
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary 1942, in German-occupied Paris. Younes, a young unemployed Algerian, earns his living as a black marketeer. Arrested by the French police but given a chance to avoid jail, Younes agrees to spy on the Paris Mosque. The police suspects the Mosque authorities, among which its rector Ben Ghabrit, of aiding Muslim Resistance agents, as well a...

Directed By: Ismaël Ferroukhi

Written By: Alain-Michel Blanc, Ismaël Ferroukhi

  • 2012
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2012
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 39 m

Free Men

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary 1942, in German-occupied Paris. Younes, a young unemployed Algerian, earns his living as a black marketeer. Arrested by the French police but given a chance to avoid jail, Younes agrees to spy on the Paris Mosque. The police suspects the Mosque authorities, among which its rector Ben Ghabrit, of aiding Muslim Resistance agents, as well a...

Directed By: Ismaël Ferroukhi

Written By: Alain-Michel Blanc, Ismaël Ferroukhi

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70
Mar 15, 2012
Hilali and Benghabrit were real people. Mr. Ferroukhi, who wrote the script with Alain-Michel Blanc, deftly interweaves their stories with the adventures of the fictional Younes, and so contributes a worthy and interesting chapter to the tradition of World War II dramas of conscience.
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Mar 21, 2012
It's an uplifting tale, if one that gets to a slow start and muddles through scenes of exposition for longer than seems necessary before finally getting to its sequences of action and suspense.
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Mar 16, 2012
As a French Resistance thriller, Free Men is so-so, but it is driven by a mischievously interesting idea: that Muslims and Jews have more in common than they normally allow.
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60
Mar 12, 2012
Worth a look, though it's unfortunately a far too academic affair that never surges with the suspense of many a WWII drama.
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58
Mar 24, 2012
The film benefits greatly from Rahim's subtle, effective performance.
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Mar 13, 2012
Free Men never feels like a movie about a developing conscience, due largely to the shallowness of the protagonist as written and, by extension, Rahim's portrayal.
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Mar 11, 2012
For much of its runtime, the film is simply there, decent for the most part, but at no point immersive.
By Michael Nordine FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Pyramide Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Solaire Production, VMP, Canal+, France Télévisions, Ciné+, TV5MONDE, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Fonds Images de la Diversité, La Région Île-de-France, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Sofica Manon, Coficup, Backup Media
Release Date Mar 16, 2012
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Abu Dhabi Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Lumiere Awards, France
• 1 Nomination

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