Free Men

Name: Free Men
Genre: Drama, War
Released: March 16, 2012
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 58

2012

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Film Movement | Release Date: March 16, 2012 | Not Rated

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 as1942, 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 as helping North African Jews, by giving them false certificates. At the Mosque, Younes meets the Algerian singer Salim Halali, and is moved by Salim’s beautiful voice and strong personality. A deep friendship develops, and soon after Younes discovers that Salim is Jewish. In spite of the risks it entails, Younes stops collaborating with the police, and gradually develops from being a politically ignorant immigrant worker into a fully-fledged freedom fighter. (Film Movement)… Expand

Director: Ismaël Ferroukhi

Genre(s): Drama, War

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 99 min

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A.O. Scott

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. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Mar 12, 2012

A satisfying wartime espionage drama focused on little-noted intersections between Arabic emigres and the French Resistance. Read full review

Alison Willmore

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. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

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. Read full review

Andy Klein

Mar 24, 2012

The film benefits greatly from Rahim's subtle, effective performance. Read full review

Michael Nordine

Mar 11, 2012

For much of its runtime, the film is simply there, decent for the most part, but at no point immersive. Read full review

Mark Feeney

Mar 22, 2012

Nobility with little pacing, imagination, or energy tends not to work too well on the screen. Rahim has the eyes of the young Mandy Patinkin. If only he had some of the wildness. Read full review

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