The disaster film The Day After Tomorrow can be watched at 9:10 p.m. on TF1.
Climatologist Jack Hall makes a splash at a major global climate conference. Based on a series of tests carried out around the world, the scientist affirms that, sooner or later, the blue planet will be prey to major climatic upheavals… Based on unfortunately very real forecasts, the director of “Independence Day” in makes tons in the effects register. Hence a breathtaking odyssey, but which does not escape the conventions of the genre. The fact remains that, beneath the clichés, there is a prankish and ferocious spirit which, by changing the face of the world, denounces the attitude of rich countries.
At 9:10 p.m. France 2 offers the comedy Rebelles.
After 15 years spent on the Côte d’Azur, Sandra, former Miss Pas-de Calais, returns to settle with her mother in Boulogne-sur-Mer. Having left school without a diploma, Sandra has to settle for a job as a worker at the local cannery. His boss becomes a little too enterprising. While she tries to defend herself, Sandra accidentally kills him… Allan Mauduit (“Vilaine”) draws his inspiration from the Coen brothers to sign this black comedy populated by a sumptuous gallery of broken arms. Cécile de France, Audrey Lamy and Yolande Moreau delight us with their prolet characters with delightful DNA, one foot in Ken Loach, the other in Tarantino.
M6 broadcasts at 9:05 p.m. on the Zone Forbidden magazine.
Neighborhood conflicts poison the lives of more than one in two French people. In the South-West, an endless battle pits the family of Jeanne, 94, against that of José and Mélanie. The couple refuses to share access to the path which serves the two houses. In Bouches-du-Rhône, a tenant’s passion for pigeons sows discord in a building.
We end this selection with the thriller Basic Instinct at 9:00 p.m. on Arte.
In San Francisco, a disillusioned police officer suspects a beautiful bisexual novelist of perpetrating particularly savage murders… A director as talented as he is provocative, Paul Verhoeven shakes up the rules in this perfectly oiled thriller. He imbues his film with a strong dose of violence and eroticism, causing a scandal upon its release which undoubtedly contributed to its enormous success.
