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25.07.2023 - 13:16 / deadline.com
Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s new strand in which, each fortnight, we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track. So we’re going to do the hard work for you.
This week we visit French director Xavier Gens’s Thailand-set fight-fest Farang, which has shown independent French action movies can hold their own in cinemas and find international buyers. Released against a real-life background of fury towards the police following the killing of a French teenager during a traffic stop in June, the film has shown there remains an appetite for genre movie in the country.
Name: FarangCountry: FranceDistributor: StudiocanalNetworks: Canal+, France TélévisionsWhere to watch: Due for digital release in multiple territories in early 2024, including IFC in the U.S.For fans of: Gangs of London, The Raid, Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
France and Thailand-set action movie Farang combines the talents of French director Xavier Gens and UK action designer Jude Poyer, who first met on the set of Sky Atlantic and AMC crime thriller series Gangs of London.
Actor and former kickbox champion Nassim Lyès plays Sam, a prisoner forced on the run when his past violently catches up with him while on day-release, in the first of a series of spectacular fight scenes.
Cut to five years later, and Sam has found safe haven in a Thai resort, where he diligently provides for his pregnant wife and young daughter, working as a hotel porter by day and Thai boxing fighter by night.
This idyll is shattered when he comes into the orbit of local crime boss Narong, played
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