Secret Name

Secret Name (La Place d'une autre, 2021) is a French period drama you can watch online on iFILM. The year is 1914. Nélie, poor and worn down, has signed on as a frontline nurse — until she watches Rose, a young woman from a comfortable family, die right in front of her.

In that moment Nélie makes a choice that rewrites everything. Borrowing the dead girl's name and history, she installs herself as a live-in reader for the wealthy Madame de Lengwil. The disguise buys her shelter, status and quiet respect, but a single slip could unravel it all. Director Aurélia Georges builds the tension softly rather than loudly, anchored by Lina Khoudri's lead performance alongside Sabine Azéma. Slow, watchful and morally knotty, it rewards viewers who like restrained European cinema about identity and the cost of a lie. Stream Secret Name (2021) online on iFILM.