The daybreaks on a district of a Paris region. Carl, a young West Indian man, goes out with his rucksack on his shoulder, heads off to the local police station where he is going to do his his first day as police officer. To make the job easier for him, the police chief affects him with Alain, a West Indian of about fifty years with a strong character and with fixed ideas. –unifrance.org
So wish this was feature length. Alex Descas keeps you engrossed all the way through.
Great film. I was gripped. Although the film is only 17 minutes long I had to rewind to remind myself who Sergeant Meunier was.
Damn, what a tease. This 18 minute short, that you can currently watch for free right here just by clicking this link (http://mubi.com/films/44642/watch), could have easily been a feature length film… read review