Survive

"The world has gone sideways."

2024 1h 30m FR

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5.9

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★5.9TMDB · 428

Science FictionThrillerAdventureAction

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A couple celebrates their son’s birthday in the middle of the ocean on their boat. A violent storm hits and it brings up hungry creatures from the depths and they fight for their survival.

“The world has gone sideways.”

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Cast

Émilie Dequenne
Julia
Andreas Pietschmann
Tom
Lisa Delamar
Cassie
Lucas Ebel
Ben
Arben Bajraktaraj
L'homme au harpon
Olivier Ho Hio Hen
Nao
Stéphanie Guerin
Rida Ait Oufqir

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Frédéric Jardin
Writers: Matt Alexander
Languages: English, French
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Frédéric Jardin, shot by Pierre Aïm. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nicolas Errèra. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Camille Toubkis shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Émilie Dequenne and Andreas Pietschmann and Lisa Delamar carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The world has gone sideways.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Frédéric Jardin directs. Pierre Aïm behind the camera. Nicolas Errèra scores. Camille Toubkis cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in English, French.

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 2 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
4Directed by Frédéric Jardin, shot by Pierre Aïm. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Nicolas Errèra. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Camille Toubkis shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Émilie Dequenne and Andreas Pietschmann and Lisa Delamar carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The world has gone sideways.".
9IMDB entry: tt27032708 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Pierre Aïm
Original score: Nicolas Errèra
Editing: Camille Toubkis
Production design: Pierre Quefféléan
Costume design: Élisabeth Bornuat
Makeup / hair: Sylvie Ferry
Stunt coordinator: Abdellah Ouksih
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $5,270,000
Original language: FR
IMDB: Survive (2024)

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MovieGuys2024-11-24
★ 6/10
Survive is a competently done survivalist, end of the world, action thriller, that feels incomplete. This French film has all the right ingredients, a family boating vacation, a sudden, extreme change in the earths oceans and some crime/horror elements, that look promising. Regrettably, whilst this film is superficially, quite watchable, it feels less than satisfying when viewed as a whole. I think the main reason is it doesn't take key aspect of the film's story far enough, for it to amount to anything particularly substantial. On the upside the acting is strong, the character development is reasonable if not exceptional, the core premise and setting is creative, plus the special effects are competently done. In summary, a moderately watchable survivalist, apocalyptic action thriller from France that shows promise but just needed to further develop the key elements it introduces into the story. As it stands, an alright watch.
CinemaSerf2025-01-12
★ 5/10
"Tom" (Andreas Pietschmann), wife "Julia" (Émilie Duquenne) and their two teenage kids are having a peaceful boating holiday when huge meteor-sized things start falling from the skies. Next thing - well where has the ocean gone? Their boat is now perched on what we assume is the sea bed, an arid desert like landscape, and the family are suitably perplexed. What now? Well they do manage to make contact with a nearby diver whose bell was stranded on the sea bed, and he tells them some stuff about the poles being reversed and the water all skedaddling to the far side of the Earth. Maybe go join up with him? Well before that can happen they encounter another survivor, but he's a nasty piece of work and soon the family are reduced in number and having to make their way on foot to find their radio contact before they are crab food. Yep, it's terrible. It's not that it's just entirely implausible from start to finish, it's that the acting is as bad as I've seen in ages and the fact that it is in French ought not to put you off unduly because there is precisely nothing at all in the dialogue that enhances either the film in general or any sense of peril that's distinctly absent throughout the entire ninety minutes. What was most worrying was that it ends as if there might be a sequel. As my annual Paramount+ subscription comes to an end, I really am wondering whether this really is the best they can do from a century of film-making.
Sierbahnn2026-07-18
★ 5/10
The premise is intriguing, but the production lets it down. This is not how a voided ocean would look not behave, environmentally, and it takes away from the story when it becomes contradicted over and over. The antagonist presence is odd and disconcerting, but it does not build tension, and I find myself checking out while watching. It is proficient and well-acted, but the writing and staging lets it down.