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6.9/10   1,051 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Cédric Anger (writer)
Xavier Beauvois (writer)
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Release Date:
16 November 2005 (France) more
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A rookie policeman from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure Parisian homicide bureau and is assigned to a middle-aged woman detective. full summary | add synopsis
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3 wins & 5 nominations more
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Well done, though not really great more (19 total)

Cast

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Nathalie Baye ... Commandant Caroline "Caro" Vaudieu
Jalil Lespert ... Antoine Derouère
Roschdy Zem ... Solo
Antoine Chappey ... Louis Mallet
Jacques Perrin ... Le juge Serge Clermont
Bruce Myers ... L'Anglais
Patrick Chauvel ... Le lieutenant Patrick Belval
Jean Lespert ... M. Derouère, le père d'Antoine
Annick Le Goff ... Mme Derouère, la mère d'Antoine
Bérangère Allaux ... Julie Derouère, la femme d'Antoine
Mireille Franchino ... Mireille, la logeuse
Yaniss Lespert ... Alex Derouère, le frère d'Antoine (as Yanis Lespert)
Xavier Beauvois ... Nicolas Morbé
Philippe Lecompt ... Armurier
Pierre Aussedat ... Commissaire
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The Young Lieutenant (International: English title)
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110 min
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Visa d'exploitation en France #111314 more
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Boom mic visible: Reflected in window as Vaudieu and Solo exit the church. more
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Antoine Derouère: [Noticing a lizard in a terrarium in the office] Why keep lizards here?
Homicide detective: They help me to relax.
Antoine Derouère: I don't like to see animals locked up. Fish in a bowl suck!
Homicide detective: You're paid to lock Arabs and Blacks up. If you freak out over lizards, you won't get far.
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16 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
Well done, though not really great, 20 October 2005
7/10
Author: slabihoud (slabihoud@vienna.at) from Vienna, Austria

A young lieutenant, fresh from school, starts in Paris in a homicide squad. He grew up in Le Havre, where his wife still teaches at school. He misses her and tries to get her to move to Paris too. His boss is a very good police inspector, who just returns to the police after having dropped for personal reasons. She had lost her only son and became an alcoholic. Now she is clean and takes over a new group. Soon they have to investigate the murder of a homeless person. The search for the killer brings big dangers for most of the group, but specially for the lieutenant and his boss.

The film shows some everyday routine of police work and how the officers enjoy themselves after their day is done. There are no big things going on, even the murder case is not very special. It is the personal situation of the two main characters that involves the interest of the audience. Well done, though not really great. 7 out of 10.

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