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Athena
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2390
- IMDb #2763
- Google retired #2415
- Metacritic #2642
- Letterboxd #2094
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1266
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- Metacritic Critics #1205
- Metacritic Audience #4562
- Kinopoisk #3878
- AlloCiné #4029
- Trakt #2755
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Metacritic users on 53, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 88. Critics average 80, everyone else 67.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The death of a young boy in controversial circumstances ignites a powder keg of social unrest in a housing project called Athena. His eldest brother, a soldier, seeks justice through peace, while another sibling leads a defiant war against the police. The conflict escalates into an all-out uprising, transforming the community into a fortress under siege.
Details
- Director
- Romain Gavras
- Writers
- Elias Belkeddar, Ladj Ly, Romain Gavras
- Studio
- Iconoclast, Lyly Films
- Released
- 9 September 2022
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 6 →2 major awards won · 2 wins from 6 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Venice Film Festival 2022 | Premio Arca Cinema Giovani | Winner | |
| Venice Film Festival 2022 | Cinema for UNICEF | Winner | |
| Venice Film Festival 2022 | Golden Lion | Nominee | |
| Gotham Awards 2022 | Best International Feature | Nominee | |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards 2022 | Technical Achievement Award | Nominee | |
| NAACP Image Awards 2022 | Outstanding International Motion Picture | Nominee |
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×| Cinema for UNICEF | Winner | |
| Premio Arca Cinema Giovani | Winner | |
| Golden Lion | Nominee |
| Best International Feature | Nominee |
| Technical Achievement Award | Nominee |
| Outstanding International Motion Picture | Nominee |