Presented in world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 2 before being broadcast on Netflix on September 23, the new film by Romain Gavras, athena is revealed through a first trailer posted online this Wednesday.
In his new feature film, the director of The world is Yours tells the story of Abdel and the death of his brother as a result of a supposed police intervention. Between the desire for revenge and the search for an answer, this tragedy plunges the young man’s family and the homonymous city of Athena, in the Parisian suburbs, into chaos.
In team with Ladj Ly
athena is the third feature film by Romain Gavras. For the script, the director worked with his partner Ladj Ly, who won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 for The Miserables.
On the casting side, Romain Gavras had Anthony Bajon, Ouassini Embarek, Sami Slimane and Dali Benssalah, featured in the latest James Bond. dying can waitfor the lead role of Abdel.
Source: BFM TV
