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Ares (2016)
Director: Jean-Patrick Benes
Cast: Ola Rapace, Micha Lescot, Ruth Vega Fernandez, Thierry Hancisse
Runtime80 min
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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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Fans of gritty, realistic sci-fi will appreciate the grounded, near-future setting and examination of economic disparity in Ares, the 2016 film directed by Jean-Patrick Benes. The film's focus on the moral dilemmas faced by the characters as they navigate the brutal, televised fights provides thought-provoking social commentary alongside the high-stakes action.
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Ares is a 2016 French dystopian science fiction film directed by Jean-Patrick Benes. Ola Rapace stars as a boxer who is forced into testing a dangerous new performance-enhancing drug for one of the corporations that now controls France. It premiered at the Paris Comic-con on October 21 and was released in France on 11 November 2016.
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