In the Name of Blood

In the Name of Blood

2025 · 108 min · FR · 5.9 (30 votes)
Dir. Akaki Popkhadze · Starring Denis Lavant, Jean-Philippe Ricci, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Finnegan Oldfield, Florent Hill, Merab Ninidze · Music Niaz Diasamidze
Thriller

In the working-class neighborhoods of Nice, a pillar of the local Georgian community is murdered. His son Tristan, who aspires to become an orthodox priest, finds himself finds himself alone with his grieving mother. Gabriel, his older brother with a troubled past, reappears from a long exile to make amends by redeeming his family honor.

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This is a raw, emotionally charged thriller steeped in a palpable sense of grief and simmering vengeance. It delves into the complex weight of family honor and moral reckoning, unfolding with a relentless intensity. Expect a dark, compelling journey through shadowed lives.

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