August 2021 Monthly Highlights

Cinema｜Tambour battant 

It's the beginning of spring in 1970, and the little Swiss village of Monchoux is unusually agitated. Is it because of the federal vote on women's suffrage? The forthcoming referendum on the expulsion of foreigners? No, it's far worse than that: the village band has imploded!

First broadcast date:

• TV5MONDE Asie: 12 August 
• TV5MONDE Pacifique: 13 August

TV series｜Au service de la France

Paris, 1960. The young André Merlaux, 23, joins the French secret services as a trainee. Moïse, director of operations, entrusts his training to three experienced agents: Moulinier, in charge of African affairs, Jacquard, in charge of Algerian affairs, and Calot, specialist in the Eastern bloc countries...

First broadcast date:

• TV5MONDE Asie: 13 August 

Cinema｜Lune de miel

Anna and Adam, Parisians with Polish Jewish origins, head off to visit Poland for the first time, invited to a ceremony to commemorate the destruction of Adam's grandfather's village. And whilst Adam is far from enthusiastic, Anna is overexcited at the idea of discovering the land of her ancestors!

First broadcast date:

• TV5MONDE Asie: 17 August 
• TV5MONDE Pacifique: 18 August

Cinema｜Revenir

After twelve years away, Thomas finds his family in tatters: his brother dead, his mother hospitalised and his father as distant as ever. But now there's Alex, his six-year-old nephew living in the family farm with his mother, the stunning Mona. Together, they set about rebuilding.

First broadcast date:

• TV5MONDE Asie: 24 August 
• TV5MONDE Pacifique: 25 August

Enjoy!