directed by: Romain Gavras, year: 2022
actors: Dali Benssalah, Sami Outalbali, Ouassini Embarek

After the fatal shooting of a young man in a Paris suburb, a community is plunged into a night of riots, and two brothers become entangled in the fallout. As the city burns, loyalties fracture, secrets emerge, and the line between victim and aggressor blurs. Romain Gavras directs with kinetic intensity, marrying explosive set pieces to a grim social meditation on anger, class, and collective memory. Athena fuses action thriller craft with urgent political drama.

Societal Breakdown, Drama, Action Thriller, Social Thriller