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Ares

Ares

Science Fiction · Drama · Thriller · 2016

In a near future, the world order has changed. With its 10 millions of unemployed citizens, France has now become a poor country. Its people wavers between rebellion and resignation and find an outlet in the shape of TV broadcast ultra brutal fights in which the players are legally doped and unscrupulous.

Movie details

Ares

2016 Science Fiction · Drama · Thriller 1h 20m

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6.0 / 10

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In a near future, the world order has changed. With its 10 millions of unemployed citizens, France has now become a poor country. Its people wavers between rebellion and resignation and find an outlet in the shape of TV broadcast ultra brutal fights in which the players are legally doped and unscrupulous.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jean-Patrick Benes

Written by

Jérémie Guez · Benjamin Dupas · Jean-Patrick Benes · Allan Mauduit

Ola Rapace

Ola Rapace

Arès

Micha Lescot

Micha Lescot

Myosotis

Ruth Vega Fernandez

Ruth Vega Fernandez

Anna

Thierry Hancisse

Thierry Hancisse

Coach

Hélène Fillières

Hélène Fillières

Altman

Éva Lallier

Éva Lallier

Anouk

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

PDG Donevia

Court is in session

Put Ares on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.