First Fench Trailer for ‘Dog 51’ Sci-Fi Movie About AI Law Enforcement
by Alex Billington
September 24, 2025
Source: YouTube
“In a city divided, they fight for the truth.” Take down the AI! Studiocanal has unveiled an official trailer for the film titled Dog 51, a sci-fi thriller by French filmmaker Cédric Jimenez. It just premiered at the 2025 Venice Film Festival and also played at TIFF, with a release in France starting in October. In the near future, Paris is divided into three zones that separate social classes, and no one can escape ALMA, a predictive AI that has revolutionised law enforcement. When ALMA’s creator is assassinated, Salia, a top agent, and Zem, a jaded cop, are forced to work together to solve a murder that may expose the dark secrets of the system they serve. The movie is the third in Jimenez’s trilogy about cops – with BAC Nord and Novembre. Starring Gilles Lellouche, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Louis Garrel, Romain Duris, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Artus, Lala &ce, Stéphane Bak, and Thomas Bangalter (!!). This reminds me of I, Robot and Minority Report in many ways – very similar premise, very similar ideas about Artificial Intelligence. I can appreciate the world building in this, looks big and flashy and thrilling. Keep an eye out for it in US theaters eventually.
Here’s the first official trailer (+ poster) for Cédric Jimenez’s film Dog 51, direct from YouTube:
“Chien 51 is my third film exploring the theme of law enforcement. It completes a trilogy on the subject, bringing together the “dog” from BAC Nord and the elite officer from Novembre. If the police are the institution that enables the polis — the city — to function by tracking down criminals, what happens when it adopts a tool so powerful that it pushes the system to its breaking point, even bypassing its essential counterpart: justice? Can we entrust the safety of a city’s inhabitants to an ultraintelligent tool devoid of conscience and humanity?” –Director Cédric Jimenez
Set in a dystopian future in Paris, where people have been segregated into neighborhoods in three zones separated by social class, and police are directed by an artificial intelligence system called ALMA. When the creator of the system is murdered, investigators Salia (Adèle Exarchopoulos) & Zem (Gilles Lellouche) work to solve the case, and in doing so discover alarming information about the authority that governs them. Dog 51, also known as Chien 51 in French, is directed by French filmmaker Cédric Jimenez, director of the films Paris Under Watch, The Connection, The Man with the Iron Heart, and The Stronghold (aka BAC Nord), and November previously. The screenplay is by Olivier Demangel and Cédric Jimenez; based on the novel written by Laurent Gaudé. Produced by Hugo Sélignac. This initially premiered at the 2025 Venice Film Festival recently. Jimenez’s Dog 51 film opens first in French cinemas starting October 15th, 2025 (including in IMAX) this fall. No US release date is set yet – stay tuned for updates. Anyone interested in it?
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