Petit lieutenant, Le
A FILM BY Xavier Beauvois
A FILM BY Xavier Beauvois
A powerhouse of a film, an implacable, uncompromising French police drama.
-LOS ANGELES TIMES
Tough, satisfying an austere drama of the sort that rarely makes it to American screens.
-NEW YORK TIMES
A visceral punch... questions of redemption, grace, anguish and hope pervade most every frame.
-HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Engaging and real.
-NEWSDAY
Synopsis
"Nathalie Baye, who received this year's César for best actress, leads an outstanding ensemble as a Parisian detective and recovering alcoholic who teams with a bright-eyed rookie. Two years sober, Inspector Caroline Vaudieu is an elegant 50ish supercop returning to the helm of a criminal unit after the relative safety of a desk job. Newcomer Antoine inspires Caroline's maternal affection; he's about the same age as her son would be, had he not died in childhood. Antoine impulsively chooses a Paris assignment as a ticket out of Normandy (and eagerly) throws himself into the case at hand -- a series of murders of street people on the banks of the Seine." -THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTERTheatrical Release Date
Original Languages: French
Genre: Drama, World Cinema
Running Time: 110 min.
Year: 2005
Genre: Drama, World Cinema
Running Time: 110 min.
Year: 2005
CREDITS
CAST
Jalil Lespert
Nathalie Baye
Roschdy Zem
DIRECTED BY
Xavier Beauvois
PHOTOS
Director Xavier Beauvois
Petit lieutenant, Le
