Director: Rodolphe Lauga
Cast: Guillaume Canet, Alexis Manenti, Stéphane Caillard, Nassim Lyes, Zita Hanrot
Ad Vitam is a 2025 French sci-fi thriller directed by Rodolphe Lauga, streaming on Netflix. Set in a near-future world where biotechnology grants humans indefinite lifespans, the film follows a detective and a young woman as they unravel a disturbing wave of suicides among the young.
What is Ad Vitam about?
In a future where regenerative technology has made death a choice rather than an inevitability, society has fractured along generational lines. A seasoned detective, worn by centuries of accumulated grief, is drawn into an investigation alongside a sharp young woman. Together they probe a baffling pattern — healthy young people choosing to end their lives voluntarily. As they dig deeper, the case peels back uncomfortable questions about meaning, memory, and what it costs to live forever. Every lead they follow opens onto a darker layer of secrets that someone powerful wants buried.
Cast & crew
Guillaume Canet leads as the world-weary detective, bringing quiet intensity built from a long career in French cinema. Alexis Manenti, known for his raw presence in Les Misérables (2019), plays against type here. Stéphane Caillard anchors the younger investigator role with restrained conviction. The ensemble — rounded out by Nassim Lyes, Zita Hanrot, and Johan Heldenbergh — lends the film a credible procedural texture.
Context & significance
French sci-fi thrillers have carved a distinct lane in global streaming — cerebral, morally ambiguous, unhurried in the way American genre films rarely allow themselves to be. Ad Vitam arrives at a moment when Persian-speaking diaspora audiences have grown increasingly comfortable with subtitled European genre fare, seeking stories that do more than chase spectacle. The immortality premise resonates across cultures: Iranian philosophy and classical literature have long wrestled with the weight of time, longing, and what constitutes a life well lived. This film is available with a Persian dub as well as Persian subtitles, making it accessible whether you prefer to hear Farsi or read along.
Where & how to watch
Ad Vitam is available now on K-Time with both Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Watch on your browser, connected TV, or phone — no VPN needed, no extra download, no geo-blocking. Start and cancel anytime.