Film

The Lifeline

2025 · 20m · Drama

24 December 1916. A truck carrying mail is stopped at a German checkpoint and riddled with bullets. Inside, a man lies dead. Another man and a woman, on a postal mission, claim innocence in the death of their companion and their presence in enemy territory. The radio that had been guiding them had apparently cut out, leaving them stranded in no man’s land. And so, on Christmas Eve 1916, a cross- examination begins to uncover the real reason why enemy postmen and couriers are in the trenches.

Alexis Manenti

Pierre-Jean Auget

Jeanne Goursaud

Katel Marie Schneider

Damien Jouillerot

Bruno Dabin

Gilles Cohen

David Talbot

Hugo Becker

Gendarme

• Hugo BeckerDirector · Writer
• Laurent HelasProducer
• Pierre-Emmanuel FleurantinProducer
• Tommaso FiorilliDirector of Photography
• Romain TrouilletOriginal Music Composer
• Julia MabyEditor

Release date

August 28, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

20m

Genres

Drama