Les Orphelins is a French action film directed by Olivier Schneider, starring Alban Lenoir and Dali Benssalah. The story follows two former childhood friends, now adversaries, who are forced by fate to work together when a common tragedy resurfaces. Against a backdrop of investigation and revenge, they come face to face with a teenager determined to bring the truth to light. The film is produced by Inoxy Films, creators of the Lost Bullet saga, and benefits from the expertise of Olivier Schneider, renowned for his work on fight choreography for franchises such as James Bond, Fast & Furious and Taken.
The Orphans will be released in cinemas from August 20, 2025.
The trailer for Les Orphelins reveals a tense action film set in a realistic urban universe. We discover the duo of Alban Lenoir and Dali Benssalah, forced into a difficult alliance to protect a teenage girl from an influential corporation. Chases, confrontations and scenes of family tension herald a dynamic thriller, punctuated by powerful direction.
Synopsis: Gab and Driss, childhood friends who have been estranged since leaving the orphanage, lead opposite lives: one is a cop with the IGPN, the other a fixer for thugs. When their first love dies in a suspicious accident, his daughter Leïla, 17, grabs Gab's gun and sets out on the trail of a powerful company willing to do anything to hush up the case. Forced to team up, the orphans must stop her before she does anything irreparable...
Les Orphelins is aimed at audiences who enjoy muscularthrillers combining urban action and personal tension. Audiences who have enjoyed recent French productions such as Balle perdue or BAC Nord may find a similar intensity, carried here by a pair of charismatic actors. The opposition between the two protagonists, the involvement of a teenage girl at the heart of the plot, and the theme of family loyalty are also reminiscent of certain narrative mechanics in films such as Les Frères Sisters or Ladj Ly'sLes Misérables, transposed here into a format more oriented towards direct, contemporary action.
Olivier Schneider, known for his international career as a stunt coordinator, is directing his first feature film here, after having signed the action scenes for films such as James Bond: Mourir peut attendre, Fast & Furious 6 and Taken. He co-wrote the screenplay with Nicolas Peufaillit, screenwriter of Un Prophète. The cast includes Alban Lenoir(Balle perdue), Dali Benssalah(James Bond: Mourir peut attendre), Sonia Faidi, Suzanne Clément, Anouk Grinberg and Romain Levi. The film is produced by Inoxy Films, the company behind the successful action productions. These elements suggest a project calibrated for fans of French genre cinema with strong narrative and physical potential.
Les Orphelins is an action thriller centered on two former friends linked by a common past and reunited in the face of a case that is bigger than them. Directed by Olivier Schneider, a recognized specialist in fight scenes, this film could appeal to viewers looking for intensity, urban realism and conflicting family stories. The duo of Alban Lenoir and Dali Benssalah are at the heart of a story that blends vengeance, filiation and justice, in a production that seems to follow in the footsteps of recent successes in French action cinema.
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