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French-language action thriller Ad Vitam, starring Guillaume Canet, has entered Netflix’s all-time top ten for most popular non-English movies on its platform.
Per data collated by the streamer to coincide with the publication of its weekly top 10 charts, the movie has generated 54.5 million views since its release on January 10, in 93 countries including France, the U.S., Canada, Germany, Spain, the UK and Australia.
The achievement came as the movie clocked another 3.4M views over the past week, putting it in the No. 4 slot of this week’s chart.
Canet plays a former elite agent whose pregnant wife is kidnapped in an attack on their home by a mysterious group of armed men. As he embarks on a dangerous personal mission to get her back, his past catches up with him and he is plunged into a state affair that is beyond his control.
It marks a first major action thriller role for popular French actor-director-producer Canet, whose other recent credits include costume drama The Flood, romance Out of Season and family movie Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom, which he also directed.
Canet co-wrote the screenplay for Ad Vitam with the movie’s director Rodolphe Lauga in association with David Corona. He also produced the feature with Jean Cottin under their Cabanes banner.
Lauga’s previous credits include love-triangle comedy It’s Complicated, surfing drama La Source and Amazon Studios picture I Don’t Love You Either. Further cast members include Stéphane Caillard, Nassim Lyes, Zita Hanrot and Alexis Manenti.
