This month, immerse yourself in French culture with the TV5MONDE programming. In addition to offering premium films, including several heartwarming comedies, the program presents a chance to discover new series, fun-filled variety shows, and engaging documentaries.
SPECIAL- International Women's Day
Numéro une | 2016 - Tonie Marshall | March 9 at 8:30 pm ET/5:30 pm PT
Emmanuelle, a brilliant engineer, is tipped to run a major CAC 40 company. An influential women's network has spotted her and wants to help her become the first woman to occupy such a position. But others want the job and in a world of powerful men no holds are barred.
SPECIAL- Mois de la Francophonie
La grand-messe | 2018 - Méryl Fortunat-Rossi, Valéry Rosier | March 16 at 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT
An army of campervans heads for the Izoard Pass, in the Ardennes. It's summer, the Tour de France is about to begin! Life gets organised, along main roads and mountain tracks. A convivial rendezvous these enthusiasts would miss for nothing in the world. The film sets out to meet them.
SPECIAL- Tonie Marshall Tribute
Vénus beauté (institut) | 1998 - Tonie Marshall | March 11 at 8:30 pm ET/5:30 pm PT
At Vénus Beauté, three beauticians pamper a regular clientele. Angèle, the longest-serving, no longer believes in love; preferring short affairs and one night stands. One morning, an unknown man declares he loves her. Angèle is apprehensive, will she manage to let down her defences and begin a real relationship?
FILMS
100 kilos d’étoiles | 2017 - Marie-Sophie Chambon |March 14 at 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT
Sixteen-year-old Lois, a physics genius, discovers that her weight will prevent her realising her dream of becoming an astronaut. Upset and disgusted she stops eating and falls into to despair... Until the day she meets Amélie, Stannah and Justine, three teenagers in revolt who are determined to help her! 
Une jeunesse dorée | 2018 - Eva Ionesco | March 21 at 9:45 pm ET/6:45 pm PT
Paris, 1979. 16 year-old Rose and 22 year-old Michel discover with fascination a legendary nightclub with its parties and extravagance, the Palace. They meet Lucille and Hubert there, lovers of art and sexual freedom. Rich and much older, they take the young couple under their wing. 
TV SERIES
J’ai 10 ans | 2018 - Philippe Lefebvre | March 26 at 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT
Discover the three families, each as different as they are endearing, from the French series ''Faites des Gosses'' in this prequel that shows how Jean-Paul, Anouk and Brune first met when they were 10 years old and how they developed their unwavering friendship.
DOCUMENTARIES
Plus chauds que le climat | 2019 - Bastien Bösiger, Adrien Bordone | March 1 at 6:30 pm ET/3:30 pm PT
Launched by Greta Thunberg in 2018, climate strikes have spread around the world. In Biel, Jeanne, Nina, Mark and Léa are part of the local group that organizes Friday events. For a year, immersion in their meetings and debates to share their fears of the future.
TV5MONDE CINEMA
This March TV5MONDE Cinema On Demand has a heart-pumping lineup of thrillers that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats! Travel back to 1970’s Marseille with La French, starring Jean Dujardin as a judge who goes up against a gang of drug traffickers, or check out Au nom de ma fille, based on the true story of a father desperate to uncover the truth about his daughter’s death.
Une sale affaire | 1981 - Alain Bonnot | available beginning March 5
Police Inspector Novak is on a mission to take down a drug ring that involves a corrupt city official. He convinces Helene, the politician’s secretary, to help him gather evidence but the stress of the investigation takes its toll.
Les rivières pourpres | 2000 - Mathieu Kassovitz | available beginning February 5
Two cops who are 480 miles apart are handed extremely bizarre cases on the exact same day. They each begin their investigation, but soon find out that their cases are linked in unexpected ways.
Insoupçonnable | 2009 - Gabriel Le Bomin | available beginning March 26
A wealthy widower is happy and deeply in love with his new wife, unaware that she’s more interested in his money and has hatched a plan with her partner to steal everything.
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All movies are in French with English subtitles.
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ABOUT:
TV5MONDE is a global French language entertainment network that showcases premium films and programs from across the world. With more than 1.5 million viewers nationwide in the USA, TV5MONDE is a renowned leader in French language entertainment.
