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    Under Paris: What to Know About the Shark Thriller

    The creature feature from Xavier Gens stars Oscar nominee Bérénice Bejo.

    By Ingrid Ostby
    June 11, 2024

In Paris, there’s a deadly super shark in the Seine and an international triathlon about to take place. Can one scientist stop a massacre before this mutant sea creature picks off some of the world’s best athletes? Directed by Xavier Gens (Budapest, Cold Skin), Under Paris stars César Award winner Bérénice Bejo, Nassim Lyes, Léa Léviant … and one very dangerous shark. 

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When will Under Paris be released?

Stream it now.

Where can I find the trailer for Under Paris?

Check it out at the top of this page. 

A large shark approaches a diver in the film ‘Under Paris.’

Who’s in the cast of Under Paris?

  • Bérénice Bejo (The Artist) as Sophia Assalas, a marine biologist 
  • Léa Léviant (I Am Not an Easy Man) as Mika, an ocean conservationist at the organization Save the Seas (SOS)
  • Nassim Lyes (Mayhem!) as Adil, a river police commander 
  • Marvin Dubart (Les Rascals) as Markus
  • Nagisa Morimoto (Moon Knight) as Ben, Mika’s colleague at SOS
  • Anne Marivin (Rebecca) as the mayor of Paris

Adil’s river police colleagues:

  • Aurélia Petit (Personal Shopper) as Angèle, Adil’s boss
  • Ibrahima Ba (Drift) as Adama
  • Daouda Keita (Mortel) as Leo
  • Sandra Parfait (Lupin) as Caro
  • Aksel Ustun (Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre) as Nils
  • Stéphane Jacquot (Frontier(s)) as Poiccard, an explosives expert
  • Jean-Marc Bellu (Cassandre) as Berruti, an explosives expert

Sophia’s Mission Ocean Origins colleagues:

  • Yannick Choirat (Coup de Chance) as Chris
  • Iñaki Lartigue (A Man of Action) as Juan
  • Victor Pontecorvo (Coeurs Noirs) as Sam
  • Thomas Espinera (La Guerre des Trônes, la Véritable Histoire de l’Europe) as Tom
  • Anaïs Parello (Vortex) as Jade
Bérénice Bejo as Sophia breaths underwater in an image from the film ‘Under Paris.’

Bérénice Bejo in Under Paris

What happens in Under Paris?

After a dangerous shark nicknamed Lilith kills all of Sophia’s research colleagues, the scientist (Bejo) gives up studying climate-related shark mutations. But five years later, an environmental activist named Mika (Léviant) discovers a massive shark lurking in the Seine just days before the World Triathlon Championships are hosted in Paris — and it’s the same one Sophia was tracking. So the scientist warily dives back into her work in order to thwart catastrophe. Now it’s up to Sophia, Mika, and reluctant police officer Adil (Lyes) to prevent a bloodbath before it’s too late. 

Where does Under Paris take place?

It takes place in Paris. 

How does Under Paris end? 

To read all about what goes down in Under Paris, check out this ending explainer

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