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    Everything You Need to Know About the Thriller Ad Vitam

    In the French film, a former counterterrorism officer takes on a perilous mission to save his wife.

    By Ingrid Ostby
    Jan. 14, 2025

In the action thriller Ad Vitam, an ex-elite agent is forced to confront his past when his pregnant wife is kidnapped. Will he find out the truth behind a dangerous conspiracy before it’s too late? The film, from director Rodolphe Lauga (2014’s It’s Complicated), stars Guillaume Canet, Stéphane Caillard, and Nassim Lyes.

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When will Ad Vitam be released?

Stream it now

Where can I find the trailer for Ad Vitam?

Watch it at the top of this page.

A group of four police officers in uniform, including Stéphane Caillard as Léo and Alexis Manenti as Nico, look toward the sky in an image from the film ‘Ad Vitam.’

Who’s in the cast of Ad Vitam?

  • Guillaume Canet (All-Time High) as Franck, a member of the elite tactical police force National Gendarmerie Intervention Group, aka GIGN
  • Stéphane Caillard (War of the Worlds) as Léo, Franck’s wife
  • Nassim Lyes (Under Paris) as Ben, Franck’s friend and fellow GIGN member
  • Zita Hanrot (Lee) as Manon, Nico’s wife
  • Johan Heldenbergh (Quo Vadis, Aida?) as Vanaken, a mercenary
  • Alexis Manenti (Athena) as Nico, Franck’s close friend and fellow GIGN member
Guillaume Canet as Franck pulls his hood over his head as he walks through the streets in the film ‘Ad Vitam.’

What happens in Ad Vitam?

Franck (Canet) and his wife, Léo (Caillard), met as GIGN trainees and worked alongside each other for years before getting together. Now, Léo is pregnant, and the pair are overjoyed. But things have been tense — their house has been ransacked twice in recent days, and they seemingly have no clue why. That is, until they’re visited by violent masked men who demand Franck tell them “what he knows,” otherwise they’ll kill his wife. When Franck doesn’t talk, the men kidnap Léo and leave Franck unconscious. As Franck tracks down answers, he looks to his past — and the death of his friend and colleague, Nico (Manenti) — to find out the truth. 

Guillaume Canet as Franck rides a motorbike through an unpaved country road on an overcast day in the film ‘Ad Vitam.’

Where does Ad Vitam take place?

The film takes place in Paris. 

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