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Under Paris (2024)

Under Paris poster
Original title
Sous la Seine
Directed by
Xavier Gens
Genre
horror film, action film, thriller film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 1,426 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A marine biologist is called back to action when a giant shark enters the Seine River in Paris. She must confront her past trauma to stop the creature from causing mass casualties.

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What happens

Under Paris (French: Sous la Seine) is a 2024 French action-horror disaster film directed by Xavier Gens, who co-wrote it with Yannick Dahan, Maud Heywang, Yaël Langmann and Olivier Torres. It stars Bérénice Bejo as a grieving marine biologist who is forced to face her tragic past in order to save Paris from a bloodbath when a giant shark appears in the Seine. Produced on a budget of €19.6 million, the film was released by Netflix on 5 June 2024, and received mixed-to-positive reviews, with some critics comparing it to Jaws (1975) and other films of the shark movie genre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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