French film reviews: L’Âge d’or, Un bon avocat, The Faith Tour and 15/18, Digi Mart USA News (France): This week’s French film reviews from La Tribune Dimanche cover four releases, ranging from a historical drama to a courtroom thriller, a concert film and a psychiatric-ward drama.
L’Âge d’or , a first feature by Bérenger Thouin presented at the most recent Cannes Film Festival, avoids the constraints of a conventional period film. Its heroine, Jeanne, played by Souheila Yacoub, lives through the First and Second World Wars, and the film uses archival images with a voice-over narration.
The reviewer gave it 4 out of 5 stars, praising the cast led by Yacoub and Vassili Schneider and the director’s sense of rhythm over fifty years of a woman’s life.
The film runs 1 hour 53 minutes and opens on November 11, 2026, with Yile Yara Vianello and Pierre-Antoine Billon also in the cast.
Un bon avocat , directed by Tristan Séguéla, follows Me Léonard Landry, a lawyer with tenacity, audacity and eloquence, who is also addicted to cocaine and late nights. Played by Laurent Lafitte, Landry overdoses in court while trying to defend two drug traffickers at once.
The reviewer praised Lafitte’s performance as an odious yet likable antihero and gave the film 4 out of 5 stars.
Anthony Bajon plays Landry’s intern, who guides him toward redemption. Landry’s only real motive for change is opportunistic, as he tries to save his career in a case involving an industrial group accused of facilitating an attack in Africa.
Carole Bouquet and Mélanie Laurent also appear. The film runs 1 hour 54 minutes and is available on Netflix from November 9, 2026.
The Faith Tour is a concert film directed by Andy Morahan and David Austin, built from previously unseen footage recorded in 1988 at George Michael’s Paris concerts and restored for release. The performances took place at the Palais omnisports de Bercy, now the Accor Arena, during the tour for his first solo album, Faith.
The film features eighteen songs, including One More Try, Faith, Monkey and I Want Your Sex. The reviewer gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars, noting that the artist’s musical genius has not aged, ten years after his death.
The film runs 1 hour 54 minutes and opens on November 11, 2026.
15/18 , directed by Cédric Kahn, is set in a psychiatric service that cares for young people aged 15 to 18. Kahn also stars as Étienne, the head of the service, and co-wrote the script with Kahina Le Querrec after extended immersion in the environment.
The reviewer described the film as a rollercoaster of fragile progress and praised the young cast. It received 4 out of 5 stars, runs 1 hour 44 minutes and opens on November 11, 2026.
