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The Orphans

2025 · 95 min

A lean, propulsive French action thriller that keeps you tense and invested without asking much of you.

Directed by
Olivier Schneider
Genres
Action
Starring
Alban Lenoir, Dali Benssalah, Sonia Faïdi
Overview
Gab and Driss, childhood friends on bad terms since they left the orphanage, now have opposite lives - one is a cop with the IGPN, the other a fixer for thugs. When their first love dies in a suspicious accident, her 17-year-old daughter, Leïla, takes Gab's gun and sets off on the trail of a powerful organization willing to do anything to cover the case up. Forced to team up, the orphans must stop her before she crosses a line she can't return from...

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Directed by
Olivier Schneider
Genres
Action
Starring
Alban Lenoir, Dali Benssalah, Sonia Faïdi
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • revenge
    • family
    • betrayal
    • corruption
    • loyalty
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence strong
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action8
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension7
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    action
    Directed by
    Olivier Schneider
    Written by
    Nicolas Peufaillit, Alban Lenoir, Olivier Schneider, Jean-André Yerlès
    Starring
    Alban Lenoir, Dali Benssalah, Sonia Faïdi, Anouk Grinberg, Romain Levi, Suzanne Clément, Naidra Ayadi, Guillaume Soubeyran
    Cinematography
    Maxime Cointe
    Runtime
    95 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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