The Brigade
2017 · Movie · 90 min · ★ 6.7
A firefighter transfers to a small brigade in southern France and tries to earn her place in a tight-knit, male-dominated team. After a rescue goes wrong, she’s overwhelmed by guilt and considers quitting, but her captain pushes her to face the job, the pressure, and what it means to keep going.
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Details
- Original title
- Les hommes du feu
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-07-05
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 90 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (110 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a grounded, slice-of-life drama about emergency work, guilt, and finding your place in a team; Not for you if you need a fast, plot-heavy ride like Armed Hands.
Pros: grounded daily-life detail; strong character focus; honest workplace tensions | Cons: thin central story; tries to cover too much; realism can feel list-like
Cast & crew
Roschdy Zem
as Philippe, captain
Émilie Dequenne
as Chief Warrant Officer Bénédicte Meursault
Michaël Abiteboul
as Xavier
Guillaume Labbé
as Martial
Grégoire Isvarine
as Thomas
Guillaume Douat
as Jules
Brian Messina
as Sébastien
Antoine Raffalli
as Henri
Fabrice Lebert
as Eric
Wilfried Romoli
as Commander
Directed by Pierre Jolivet