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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Cédric Anger (writer)
Xavier Beauvois (writer)
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Release Date:
16 November 2005 (France) more
Plot:
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
Awards:
3 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
European Film Awards: Volver vs. Lives of Others
(From ioncinema. 6 November 2006)
Le Petit Lieutenant: A Conversation with Nathalie Baye
(From ioncinema. 11 September 2006)
User Comments:
Well done, though not really great more (19 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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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Also Known As:
The Young Lieutenant (International: English title)
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110 min
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Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:11 | USA:Unrated | France:U | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:13
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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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Young man:
[He approaches Commandant Vaudieu and Antoine, who are sharing a marijuana cigarette] Excuse me, can I have a drag?
[Antoine pauses and looks at Vandieu, who assents. He gives the joint to the stranger]
Young man:
Thanks.
[He takes a long drag]
Young man:
Watch out.
[Returning the joint]
Young man:
This place is crawling with cops.
[He leaves]
Young man:
Au revoir.
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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.