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"After so long chasing him, I hope this is the one." Freestyle Digital Media has unveiled a new US trailer for a French thriller titled The Pilot, from filmmaker Paul Doucet. This already debuted on VOD in France last year, and will finally be released on VOD in the US this September. A military drone pilot and his team are tracking down the head of a jihadist network when his wife and daughter are kidnapped by terrorists. They will be executed if he doesn't derail the capture of the head of a jihadist network. He must choose between his duty, the protection of his men in the field and his family in this intense thriller. This isn't the first drone pilot film - there were a few made in America like this a few years ago (see: Good Kill or Drone). The Pilot stars Hugo Becker, Eye Haidara, Kahina Carina,...

Thicker Than Water (Jusqu’ici tout va bien) is a series directed by Nawell Madani and Simon Jablonka and starring Nawell Madani and Kahina Carina.

A lot of social conflict in this French series that deals (quite a lot) with social conflict and, as a thriller, lets itself get away.

It follows in the wake of French cinema, it is not great technically, but it has many virtues in the development of the characters, which are treated with much respect in a script that respects itself and knows how to get where it wants to go.

Of course, it may be that the place where the script wants to go is not the same place that viewers who want to see a more “pure” thriller would like to see it end up.

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We did not know her, but write down her name, Nawell Madani, an actress who plays the role to perfection,...

"We're not playing gangsters. We play it smart." Netflix has revealed the official trailer for a new French crime thriller series titled Thicker Than Water, arriving for streaming in early April. A journalist's life devolves into chaos when she shields her brother from the law, inadvertently entangling her family in a drug lord's merciless scheme. Belgian humorist Nawell Madani leads this dramatic crime series, alongside Djebril Zonga and Paola Locatelli. The title, which is a reference to the phrase "blood is thicker than water," defines this series that's about the importance of sisterhood & family. The cast includes Kahina Carina, Carima Amarouche, Aïda Guechoud, Mayane Sarah El Baze, Paul Hamy, Vincent Rottiers, and Walid Afkir. This seems like a legit series, though a bit campy with the drug plot. It has a good setup and a clever cast bringing levity to this drug lord story. Take a look below. // Continue Reading...