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Title: Humanité (1999)
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| Emmanuel Schotté | ... | l'inspecteur de police Pharaon De Winter | |
| Séverine Caneele | ... | Domino | |
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Philippe Tullier | ... | Joseph |
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Ghislain Ghesquère | ... | Le commissaire de police |
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Darius | ... | L'infirmier (as Daniel Leroux) |
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Daniel Petillon | ... | Jean - un policier |
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Robert Bunzi | ... | Le policier anglais |
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Dominique Pruvost | ... | L'ouvrier virulent |
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Jean-Luc Dumont | ... | Le CRS |
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Diane Gray | ... | La voyageuse anglaise |
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Paul Gray | ... | Le voyageur anglais |
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Sophie Vercamer | ... | Une ouvrière |
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Murielle Houche | ... | Une ouvrière |
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Pascaline Guyot | ... | Une ouvrière |
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Liliane Facq | ... | Une ouvrière |
In a town near Lille, melancholy police superintendent Pharaon De Winter lives with his mother. An 11-year-old girl has been raped and murdered. Over the next week, De Winter investigates and grieves, his face nearly expressionless. He bikes, he gardens. He accompanies his neighbors, Joseph and Domino, to dinner and to the seaside; he even observes them in vigorous if not rough coitus. For Domino, sex seems her way of connecting. Does she fancy Pharaon? A plowed field, the sea, Pharaon's flowers, the pudenda of Domino and of the ravaged girl - this mix of images of beauty, evil, and possibility assaults Pharaon as he tries to do his job and hold on to his humanity. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
In this case, largely one man's reality, although several others are involved. I hesitate to make literary comparisons, because film is a visual medium with its own immediacy, but the central characters of the novels by Emmanuel Bove and Patrick Susskind ("The Pigeon" in particular) put me very much in mind of Pharaon de Winter, the "hero" of this film and is one reason I love it. The inwardness,the soulful need that is barely understood by the man himself, the sometimes interminably slow pace bring a profound melancholic tone that I have rarely experienced on the screen.
I agree with others who've posted here, this isn't a film for everyone. But if you are moved by the deep existential reflection and quiet, sensitive behavior of a person who can empathize out of his/her own pain, I would recommend this movie.