Synopsis
The Brigade (Les hommes du feu, 2017) is a French drama you can watch online on iFILM. Bénédicte, a young firefighter, transfers into a small station in the south of France, where the unit's level-headed captain Philippe takes her under his wing.
She throws herself into the work fast. Then, at the scene of a brutal car wreck, she misses one of the injured — a man thrown some thirty meters from the crash. He slips into a coma, and his survival now hangs on her mistake. Wrecked by guilt, Bénédicte is ready to hand in her resignation. Philippe is the one who talks her out of it.
Director Pierre Jolivet skips the wall-of-flame spectacle and builds something quieter: a study of blame, trust and the cost of a half-second lapse. Roschdy Zem and Émilie Dequenne anchor it, two heavyweights of French cinema who play it in low registers rather than big speeches. A small, grown-up film for anyone who likes their drama without the noise. Stream The Brigade (2017) online on iFILM.
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