Ares (2016)

Original title

Arès

Directed by

Jean-Patrick Benes

Genre

dystopian film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

16

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 355 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

In a future where corporations rule France, a boxer is forced to test a dangerous new drug. He must navigate a corrupt system to survive.

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What happens

Ares (French: Arès) is a 2016 French dystopian science fiction film directed by Jean-Patrick Benes. Ola Rapace stars as a boxer who is forced into testing a dangerous new performance-enhancing drug for one of the corporations that now controls France. It premiered at the Paris Comic-con on October 21 and was released in France on 11 November 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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