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The Young Lieutenant

Le petit lieutenant

France

2005

110 Min
Color
1.85:1
Polish, Russian, French
Subtitled in English
Audio in French
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DIR Xavier Beauvois

EXEC Martine Cassinelli

PROD Pascal Caucheteux

SCR Cédric Anger, Xavier Beauvois, Guillaume Bréaud, Jean-Eric Troubat

DP Caroline Champetier

CAST Nathalie Baye, Jalil Lespert, Roschdy Zem, Antoine Chappey, Jacques Perrin, Xavier Beauvois, Bérangère Allaux, Olivier Schneider

ED Martine Giordano

PROD DES Alain Tchilinguirian

Venice (Venice Days): Label Europa Cinemas, San Francisco (World Cinema)

Synopsis

A gripping police noir, Le petit lieutenant tells the story of Antoine, an ambitious young cop from the provinces who joins a plainclothes crime unit in Paris. Antoine spends his days eagerly awaiting his first assignment, drinking with his fellow detectives, and developing an unlikely relationship with his superior, a veteran policewoman with a trouble past. But when the body of a drifter is found murdered along the Seine, a seemingly routine investigation suddenly turns violent and forever changes all their lives. —Cinema Guild

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Xavier Beauvois

Xavier Beauvois (b. 1967, Auchel, France) is a French actor, screenwriter, and director. His film Don’t Forget You’re Going to Die (N’oublie pas que tu vas mourir, 1995) took the Prix Jean Vigo along with the Cannes festival’s Jury Prize. His generic diversity was confirmed by the unconventional crime drama The Young Lieutenant (Le petit lieutenant, 2005), with a Best Actress César going to Nathalie Baye for her performance in the film. In addition to his own directorial efforts, Beauvois has also worked as assistant to Manoel de Oliveira and André Téchiné, and acted in the latter’s film The Witnesses (Les témoins, 2007). He had a significant role in Benoît Jacquot’s Villa Amalia, which competed at KVIFF 2009. Of Gods and Men was presented in the main competition at Cannes, winning the Grand Prix. –KVIFF 

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Abby.

2Dec10

Slow but very interesting. All of the performances are great, but Nathalie Baye was brilliant.

Bubi girl

8Oct10

fantastic acting of every actor, mise-en-scene so natural and realistic

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Lorna Singh

2May10

A police drama that doesn't rely on movie cliches and background music to move the story along.The action doesn't feel forced but is realistic,almost low key,making this more of a character drama. Made by Hollywood,this film would have had more than 2 scenes of violence,ending with an extended shoot out. Nathalie Baye is simply brilliant,making us admire her character's investigative skills,and role as the boss.

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cabral

7Sep09

On the surface this is as a straight-forward cadet detective story. Deep character development and a crime that lays the foundation for the primary plot is what distinguishes it from others in the genre. At times, elements are introduced and seemingly left unresolved, this continuous shift in character focus slowly becomes the key strategy of the film.

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A Breath of Genre Fresh Air

By lolo341 on November 26, 2011

The Young Lieutenant is a decidedly “un-American” police procedural, which is not to decry U.S.-made films. It’s just that, if this were a Hollywood film about a rookie cop, it’d probably revolve around…  read review

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