Fresh
Ferroukhi fails to communicate much of the fear and paranoia of living in an occupied city.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Overview
In Paris during WWII, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man. Based on not very known facts about the Muslim community in Paris during WWII, when the Paris Mosque and its dynamic leader played a pivotal role in supporting the resistance and rescuing Jews.
Director and cast
- Ismaël Ferroukhi Director
- Tahar Rahim as Younes
- Michael Lonsdale as Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit
- Lubna Azabal as Warba Shlimane alias Leila
- Mahmoud Shalaby as Salim Halali
- Christopher Buchholz as Major von Ratibor
- Farid Larbi as Ali
- Stéphane Rideau as Francis
- Bruno Fleury as L'inspecteur
- François Delaive as Le chef de la Gestapo
- Noureddine Souli as Le premier résistant
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
76%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A cannily shot thriller.
Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times
Fresh
The film benefits greatly from Rahim's subtle, effective performance; and it's inevitably heartening to see Jewish and Muslim Algerians identify themselves in national, not ethnic or religious, terms, while fighting a common enemy.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Rotten
Rahim has the eyes of the young Mandy Patinkin. If only he had some of the wildness.
Mark Feeney, Boston Globe
Fresh
Free Men offers a pleasing historical escape via a story of everyone setting aside religious, colonial, and ethnic divides to unite against the Nazis.
Alison Willmore, AV Club
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