The wages of fear on Netflix: a French success in the world
Arrived on Netflix on March 29, The wages of fear by Julien Leclercq, went straight to the top of the ranking of the most watched films in France. But his great career doesn’t stop there, as he also ranks at the top of the rankings Most watched non-English films on Netflix in the world, with nearly 20 million hours watched between March 29 and March 31. It is in the top 10 of 81 countries, including the United States. After Dog and cat Last week, a second French film topped Netflix’s list of the world’s top 10 non-English-speaking films.
Worn by Franck Gastambide, Alban Lenoir, Ana Girardot and Sofiane Zermani, The wages of fear is a modern reinterpretation of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s film released in 1953.
The plot takes place in the middle of the desert, near a refugee camp. It is in this burning environment that an oil well catches fire, putting the lives of the surrounding population at risk. The company that manages the site immediately understands that it has only one solution to avoid the disaster. : Blast the oil well using nitroglycerin. To transport this load, a four-person assault team must transport 200 kg of explosives aboard two trucks.
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The team has less than 24 hours to reach the oil well and will have to cross hostile areas, controlled by heavily armed rebels, but also cross minefields. A real health journey.
Another world success for Julien Leclercq
The wages of fear is not the first film by Julien Leclercq to be a great success on Netflix around the world. Before that, he had already established himself on the global platform with two of his previous projects: the film Sentinelreleased in 2021, which had great success abroad, and particularly in the United States. And also with the series Thieveswhich was ranked among the top 10 most-watched non-English-language series in the world on the platform upon its release in September 2021.
Source: Cine Serie
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