On the Front Line, the drama by Petra Biondina Volpe, is airing on Canal+ on Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 9:06 p.m.. Led by Leonie Benesch, Alireza Bayram, Jürg Plüss, Jasmin Mattei and Lale Yavaş, the film follows a nurse grappling with burnout in a hospital system in crisis.
Floria is an experienced nurse who works back-to-back in an understaffed hospital ward. Despite the shortages of personnel and resources, she fights to give every patient the attention they deserve. But as her shift unfolds, emergencies pile up, the surprises multiply, and the pressure builds to a breaking point, threatening to overwhelm her.
Throughout this high-pressure day, En première ligne follows the daily life of a healthcare worker caught between professional commitment, the strains of an overstretched hospital, and creeping fatigue. The film focuses as much on the patients as on those who struggle to keep public health services afloat despite worsening working conditions.
Directed by Petra Biondina Volpe, already noted for The Divine Order, this drama adopts an immersive, almost real-time viewpoint to convey the intensity of a hospital shift. Not aiming for spectacle, the filmmaker leans on a sequence of concrete situations that highlight the workload of healthcare workers and the constant trade-offs they face.
Leonie Benesch, who first came to prominence in La Salle des profs, carries almost every scene of the film. Around her, Alireza Bayram, Jürg Plüss, Jasmin Mattei and Lale Yavaş portray colleagues, patients and loved ones who orbit this grueling day.
Check out the trailer for On the Front Line:
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