1. Venice: Romain Gavras on Creating Immersive Epic 'Athena'
2 sep 2022 · So it's not a real neighborhood, and it's not based on a real story. It was based on a lot of stories. This riot hasn't happened yet, but it's ...
The French director's thrilling — and timely — Netflix feature examines how a single spark can "spread through a country like a detonation."

2. 'ATHENA' Director Romain Gavras on What Inspired His Explosive New Film
16 sep 2022 · Direct from the Venice Film Festival comes ATHENA, the new visually stunning thriller from acclaimed French director Romain Gavras.
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3. Athena (2022) - Alternate Ending
1 jan 2023 · It begins with Abdel (Dali Benssalah), a police officer, giving a press conference addressing the recent death of a thirteen-year-old boy who was the victim of ...
The controversial French drama is also the most exciting film of 2022 that you have never heard of. Gavin McDowell reviews Athena!

4. The Failure of 'Athena' | Sunstroke Magazine
15 dec 2023 · Athena is a 2022 film directed by French filmmaker Romain Gavras known for The World Is Yours and the music video for “No Church in the Wild”.
By Yaa Mensah-King Athena is a 2022 film directed by French filmmaker Romain Gavras known for The World Is Yours and the music video for “No Church in the Wild”. The film is set in a fictitious, predominantly Muslim Parisian banlieue that is under siege by policemen following civil unrest in

5. Review: Athena (2022) - 3 Brothers Film
28 nov 2022 · Athena follows three brothers: one a cop, Abdel (Dali Benssalah), one a crook, Moktar (Ouassini Embarek), and one an instigator of the rebellion in the ...
See AlsoGrip SleepRomain Gavras’ Athena is an impressive formal achievement, although it never manages to resolve the tensions between its operatic storytelling and its slightly-artificial visual approach.

6. Athena review – brutal violence and bravura action in the Paris banlieues
2 sep 2022 · It tells the story of four brothers of Algerian origin in the same tough Athena housing estate. Idir has just been killed by a bunch of cops ...
A staggeringly good opening set piece is the high point of Romain Gavras’s gritty thriller about police racism

7. Athena (2022) recensie, Romain Gavras - Cinemagazine
Recensie Athena (2022), een film van Romain Gavras met Dali Benssalah, Sami Slimane, Anthony Bajon, Ouassini Embarek.
Recensie Athena (2022), een film van Romain Gavras met Dali Benssalah, Sami Slimane, Anthony Bajon, Ouassini Embarek
8. Review: Athena directed by Romain Gavras - Socialist Party (Ireland)
14 okt 2022 · And these are highly political films, particularly relevant and even more powerful coming in the wake of real-life high-profile cases of police ...
AthenaDirected by Romain GavrasNetflix, 2022 Reviewed by Eddie McCabe (spoiler warning) For its exhilarating 11-minute opening sequence alone, which culminates in the defiant stand of a youth rebellion in the tower blocks of a banlieue as it ominously awaits confrontation with the French
