Fly Me Away

Fly Me Away (Envole-moi, 2021) is a French dramedy you can watch online on iFILM. It comes from Christophe Barratier, the director behind The Chorus, and stars Victor Belmondo — grandson of screen legend Jean-Paul Belmondo — as a young man going nowhere fast. Thomas burns through his nights in clubs and his days asleep, all on his father's money. Then Dr. Reinhard, a renowned pediatrician, cuts him off cold and lays down terms.

The deal is blunt: lose the apartment and the allowance, or look after one of dad's patients. That patient is Marcus, twelve years old, born with a serious congenital condition and living with his mother in a rough Paris suburb. What starts as forced babysitting slowly turns into the thing the movie is really about — two people from opposite worlds learning to lean on each other. The spoiled rich kid and the stubborn sick boy are a familiar pairing, but the actors keep it from going sugary, and the ending lands harder than the setup promises. Easy to recommend if you like warm, talky European drama. Stream Fly Me Away (2021) online on iFILM.