This Cannes Film Festival favorite tells the story of an Algerian black marketeer (played by Tahar Rahim, breakout star of Academy Award-nominated film A PROPHET ) in Nazi-occupied France is arrested and agrees to spy on a local mosque, but he joins the Resistance after finding his loyalties torn when he befriends a Jewish singer.

Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival
Winner, Best Foreign Film - Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Winner, Audience Award - Seattle Jewish Film Festival

"Both subtle and magnetic...Tahar Rahim [is] one of France's finest young actors...[FREE MEN] contributes a worthy and interesting chapter to the tradition of World War II dramas." - A. O. Scott, The New York Times

"A testament to Rahim's screen presence...Free Men proves that the can't-take-your-eyes-off-him charisma the Franco-Algerian actor displayed in Jacques Audiard's A Prophet was no fluke." - David Fear, Time Out New York

"[Tahar Rahim] has an undeniable screen presence that recalls a young Robert DeNiro [and] Lonsadale is, like always, a pleasure to watch." - Jordan Mintzner, The Hollywood Reporter

Directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi
France, 2011
Drama, Thriller
French (with English subtitles)
83 minutes