2024 - The Wages of Fear: Netflix unveils the explosive teaser for its remake of the cult film

March 29, 2024, a new action thriller made in France will land on the Netflix streaming platform. The Wages of Feara remake of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s film, is presented today in a first high-tension teaser.

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Release date :
01/29/2024
Author :
Netflix, Inc.
Licence :
Free license
Categories:

Video – Leisure
Operating system :

Android, Online service, Windows 10/11, iOS iPhone / iPad

The Wages of Fear in short

According to the film’s official synopsis, The Wages of Fear takes place in the middle of the desert. Near a refugee camp, an oil well catches fire and threatens the lives of the locals. To avoid disaster, there is only one solution: cause an explosion in the well in less than 24 hours with nitroglycerin.

For a large payment, a shock team sets off in two trucks full of explosives through a hostile region, with rugged terrain, to prevent the worst. An entire program…

Discover the first images of the film :

The remake of a great film

Released in 1953, The Wages of Fearthe first adaptation of the eponymous novel by Georges Arnaud with Yves Montand and Charles Vanel as headliners, received a multitude of prestigious awards: Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Golden Bear at the Berlin Festival and even BAFTA at the best film in 1955.

This classic of French cinema saw a first American remake in 1958, but it is above all Sorcererrereading by William Friedkin (The Exorcist) released in 1977, which left its mark.

Produced by Labyrinthe Films and TF1 Studio, this new Netflix version is co-written by Hamid Hlioua (Robbers: the series) and Julien Leclercq (Robbers). The latter is also behind the camera and directs a cast made up of Alban Lenoir (AKA), Franck Gastambide (Medellin), Ana Girardot (Two me) and Sofiane Zermani (The Silver Venus).