Freedom: the incredible true story of the thief who never fired a shot

Daring escapes. High-stakes romanticist encounters. Bloodless heists.

Yes, it’s a thriller, but the astir breathtaking happening astir Prime Video’s caller movie Freedom is that it’s really based connected a existent story.

The caller French connection movie has landed with a splash connected screens, and stars Emily successful Paris’s Lucas Bravo arsenic the pb character.

It’s a high-stakes enactment thriller that is – adjacent amended – based connected a real-life existent story. Its hero: renowned French gangster Bruno Sulak. Working successful the precocious 1970s and aboriginal 80s, Sulak was celebrated for orchestrating daring heists, each without firing a azygous shot.

In fact, helium was known arsenic the “gentleman bandit” and “the Arsene Lupin of jewellery” for conducting 19 audacious robberies crossed Paris and the surrounding region, and though helium was caught, helium had a knack of breaking retired of jail.

Sulak besides had a tail, successful the signifier of George Moréas (Yvan Attal), a constabulary commissioner who was determined to bring him to justice.

The movie is acceptable to bring each this to the screen, arsenic good arsenic the consequences of his actions. "As Moréas closes in, Sulak's escapes from situation go legendary, fuelled by a lust for freedom, and a burning tendency for his person Annie (Léa Luce Busato)," says the synopsis.

"Amidst the chaos of their transgression spree, Sulak and Annie go the eventual symbols of defiance successful the astir exhilarating crippled of feline and rodent that gripped the nation."

Freedom stars immoderate of France’s astir notable actors. Top of the database is Sulak himself, who is played by Lucas Bravo.

Bravo himself is champion known for playing the emotion interest, Gabriel, successful Netflix bid Emily successful Paris. Born successful 1988, he’s the lad of erstwhile French footballer Daniel Bravo, and vocalist Eva. He archetypal appeared connected surface successful 2013’s Sous le soleil de Saint Tropez, but precocious appeared successful the Oscar-nominated Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, and successful the 2022 George Clooney and Julia Roberts movie Ticket to Paradise.

He’s joined by Léa Luce Busato, who plays his emotion involvement Annie. Though her parents travel from Italy, Busato grew up successful Metz and has been surviving successful Paris for the past 10 years. She studied astatine the National Theatre School successful Strasbourg, but is comparatively caller to the satellite of on-screen acting.

Rounding retired the formed is Yvan Attal (who plays George Moréas), a French actor, scriptwriter and director. He’s been acting since 1989, erstwhile his quality successful Éric Rochant's Un monde sans pitié (1989) earned him a César Award. Since then, he’s besides segued into directing, directing his spouse Charlotte Gainsbourg successful 2001’s Ma femme est une actrice.

The movie is retired present connected Prime Video.