{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Dog 51 | native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Chien 51|nolink=yes}} | image = Dog 51 poster.jpg | alt = | based_on = {{Based on|''Chien 51''|Laurent Gaudé}} | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Cédric Jimenez | screenplay = {{ubl|Olivier Demangel|Cédric Jimenez}} | producer = Hugo Sélignac | starring = {{Plainlist| * Gilles Lellouche * Adèle Exarchopoulos * Louis Garrel * Romain Duris * Valeria Bruni Tedeschi * Artus }} | cinematography = Laurent Tangy | editing = {{ubl|Laure Gardette|Stan Collet}} | music = Guillaume Roussel | studio = {{ubl|Chi-Fou-Mi Productions|Studiocanal|France 2 Cinéma|Jim Films|Artemis Productions}} | distributor = Studiocanal | released = {{Film date|df=y|2025|09|06|Venice|2025|10|15|France}} | runtime = 105 minutes<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 February 2026 |title=''Dog 51'' [M] |url=https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/dog-51 |access-date=5 February 2026 |website=Australian Classification Board}}</ref> | country = {{Plainlist| * France * Belgium }} | language = French | budget = €40–50 million | gross = $11 million }} '''''Dog 51''''' ({{langx|fr|'''Chien 51'''|links=no}}) is a 2025 science fiction thriller film directed by Cédric Jimenez, co-written with Olivier Demangel and based on the 2022 novel by the same name by Laurent Gaudé. Starring Gilles Lellouche, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Louis Garrel, Romain Duris, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Artus, it follows a crime investigation in a dystopian Paris.
The film had its world premiere out of competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on 6 September 2025, and was theatrically released in France on 15 October by Studiocanal in IMAX formats.
== Premise == The film is set in a dystopian future, in 2045, in Paris, where people have been segregated into neighborhoods by social class, and police are directed by an artificial intelligence system. When the creator of the system is murdered, investigators Salia and Zem work to solve the case, and in doing so discover alarming information about the authority that governs them.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Roxborough |first1=Scott |date=29 August 2025 |title=Cédric Jimenez on 'Dog 51,' French Sci-Fi, and Pitting Real Actors Against AI |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cedric-jimenez-on-pitting-actors-against-ai-in-dog-51-1236334558/ |access-date=6 September 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |last= |first= |date=16 May 2025 |title=Chien 51: futuristic thriller with Gilles Lellouche and Adèle Exarchopoulos |url=https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-do-in-paris/cinema-series/articles/328422-movie-dog-51-2025 |access-date=6 September 2025 |website=Sortira Paris |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Keslassy |first1=Elsa |date=16 May 2025 |title=Studiocanal Drops Teaser for Cedric Jimenez's Dystopian Thriller 'Chien 51' Starring Adèle Exarchopoulos, Gilles Lellouche (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/studiocanal-teaser-cedric-jimenezs-chien-51-chifoumi-1236400388/ |access-date=6 September 2025 |website=Variety}}</ref>
==Cast== *Gilles Lellouche as Zem Brecht *Adèle Exarchopoulos as Salia Malberg *Louis Garrel as Jon Mafram *Romain Duris as Théo Rimarval *Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Irina Mitrovna *Artus as Malik Bouzid *Stéphane Bak as Cal *Thomas Bangalter as Kessel * {{Interlanguage link|Lala &ce|fr}} as Charline * Hugo Dillon as Luc * Daphné Patakia as Amel * Agathe Mougin as Tobo * Jeanne Herry as Lucy Monk * Féodor Atkine as the pastor
== Production == An international co-production between France and Belgium, filming took place in Paris and Marseille over eighteen weeks,<ref name=":0" /> with an estimated production budget is €40–50{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 July 2025 |title=Le plus gros film français de 2025 sera présenté en avant-première au Festival de Venise |url=https://www.canalplus.com/articles/cinema/le-plus-gros-film-francais-de-2025-sera-presente-en-avant-premiere-au-festival-de-venise |website=Canal Plus |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Delcroix |first=Olivier |date=14 October 2025 |title=Notre critique de Chien 51, un Blade Runner à la française |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/notre-critique-de-chien-51-un-blade-runner-a-la-francaise-20251014 |website=Le Figaro |language=fr}}</ref>
== Release == The film debuted at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on 6 September 2025.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-07 |title=À la Mostra, Cédric Jimenez et son "Chien 51" divisent : dystopie spectaculaire ou thriller bourrin ? |url=https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/a-la-mostra-cedric-jimenez-et-son-chien-51-divisent-dystopie-spectaculaire-ou-thriller-bourrin-7027250.php |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=www.telerama.fr |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-07 |title=Nous avons vu « Chien 51 », le film français le plus attendu de l'année |url=https://www.parismatch.com/culture/cinema/nous-avons-vu-chien-51-le-film-francais-le-plus-attendu-de-lannee-256674 |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=parismatch.com |language=fr}}</ref> For its North American premiere, the film was programmed as a special presentation at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/09/gilles-lellouche-dog-51-scifi-resistance-hero-jean-moulin-1236527418/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=10 September 2025|first=Melanie|last=Goodfellow|title=Gilles Lellouche Talks Embracing Action & Sci-Fi In TIFF Title 'Dog 51' Ahead Of Tackling Resistance Hero Jean Moulin}}</ref> It was released in French theaters on 15 October 2025.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Fair |first1=La rédaction de Vanity |title=Cannes Film Festival: Lacoste Celebrates Cédric Jimenez's 'Chien 51' |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/photos/cannes-film-festival-lacoste-celebrates-cedric-jimenezs-chien-51 |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=6 September 2025 |date=19 May 2025}}</ref>
==Reception==
=== Box office === The film had 1.38 million admissions at the French box office,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2026-01-07 |title=Five national films record over a million ticket sales in France in 2025 |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/487293/ |access-date=2026-01-08 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |language=en}}</ref> grossing $11 million against a budget of €40 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dog 51 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt33255286.htm/ |access-date=2026-01-08 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
It was the fourth most popular French film of 2025, behind Jean-Paul Rouve's ''God Save The Tuche'', Ken Scott's ''Once Upon My Mother'' and Franck Dubosc's ''How to Make a Killing''.<ref name=":2" />
=== Critical response === ''Screen Daily''{{'}}s critic Lee Marshall found the film to be an engaging near-future dystopian thriller infusing "Parisian romance, energy and sex appeal" into police crime drama tropes and elements derivative of the ''Blade Runner'' and ''The Hunger Games''. He praised the chemistry between Lellouche and Exarchopoulos, and described the world-building and the narrative's pacing as efficient. While describing the film as accessible entertainment and "by no means an arthouse movie", he remarked that some themes might find better resonance in France than internationally.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Marshall |first1=Lee |title='Dog 51' review: Cedric Jimenez's high-octane thriller is set in a near-future Paris |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/dog-51-review-cedric-jimenezs-high-octane-thriller-is-set-in-a-near-future-paris/5208641.article |website=Screen Daily |access-date=7 September 2025 |date=6 September 2025}}</ref>
== See also == * List of French films of 2025
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb title}}
{{Cédric Jimenez}}
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