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Le petit lieutenant

  • 20052005
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 50m
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6.9/10
2.6K
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Le petit lieutenant (2005)
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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.A rookie policeman from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure Parisian homicide bureau and is assigned to a middle-aged woman detective.A rookie policeman from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure Parisian homicide bureau and is assigned to a middle-aged woman detective.
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2.6K
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    • Xavier Beauvois
  • Writers
    • Xavier Beauvois(scenario)
    • Guillaume Bréaud(scenario)
    • Jean-Eric Troubat(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Nathalie Baye
    • Jalil Lespert
    • Roschdy Zem
    • Xavier Beauvois
  • Writers
    • Xavier Beauvois(scenario)
    • Guillaume Bréaud(scenario)
    • Jean-Eric Troubat(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Nathalie Baye
    • Jalil Lespert
    • Roschdy Zem
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    • 23User reviews
    • 51Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
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    Nathalie Baye and Jalil Lespert in Le petit lieutenant (2005)
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    Nathalie Baye
    Nathalie Baye
    • Commandant Caroline "Caro" Vaudieu
    Jalil Lespert
    • Antoine Derouère
    Roschdy Zem
    Roschdy Zem
    • Solo
    Antoine Chappey
    • Louis Mallet
    Jacques Perrin
    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
    Xavier Beauvois
    • Nicolas Morbé
    Philippe Lecompt
    • Armurier
    Pierre Aussedat
    Pierre Aussedat
    • Commissaire
    Rémy Roubakha
    • Marchand
    Riton Liebman
    • Jean (Alcooliques Anonymes)
    Jérôme Bertin
    Jérôme Bertin
    • Alain (Alcooliques Anonymes)
      • Xavier Beauvois
    • Writers
      • Xavier Beauvois(scenario) (adaptation and dialogue)
      • Guillaume Bréaud(scenario) (adaptation and dialogue)
      • Jean-Eric Troubat(scenario)
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    • Trivia
      Xavier Beauvois, the director, decided finally not to use background music for this movie. It gives a special atmosphere to the movie.
    • Goofs
      Reflected in window as Vaudieu and Solo exit the church.
    • Quotes

      Mireille, la logeuse: [after Antoine introduces himself as Lieutenant Derouère] These days, it's "Lieutenant" and "Captain." It's too much like the Army. Not that I don't like the Army, but "Monsieur l'Inspecteur"... It makes me think of Maigret...

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      Referenced in The Mozart of Pickpockets (2006)

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    9/10
    As Close to Real Life as Movies Get
    Extremely realistic. So much so that it's almost miserable to watch. We see a young and inexperienced police detective adjust to the aspects of his new job - from working through a pistol stoppage on the range, to knocking on doors looking for information about a murder, interviewing people who barely speak his language and trying to integrate with his new coworkers. We also see an experienced police veteran working through the problems that prolonged living in a stressful environment have produced as she returns to work after a two-year sabbatical. She takes the young Antoine with her throughout the course of a murder investigation, and the illustration of the dichotomy between them is nearly perfect. Avoided are the cliché kicking down of doors, Miami Vice / Hawaii 5-0-style firefights, Joe Friday detectives and "arch villains" that typically plague police films. The overall feeling that I had throughout the movie was monotony and despair as I identified with Antoine's feelings of separation, anxiety and of being overwhelmed. We see equally Commandant Vaudieu's sobriety struggle in scenes where her section is gathering at a bar after work for drinks while she orders a glass of mineral water. It's not a happy movie, it's not even entertaining, but it is realistic, extremely well played, and it is a moving, gritty drama that does for PJs what La Chambre des Officiers did for soldiers. It humanises them.
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    • dgissin
    • Aug 7, 2006

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    • Release date
      • November 16, 2005 (France)
      • France
      • Cinema Guild (United States)
      • French
      • Polish
      • Russian
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    • Filming locations
      • 118 Rue des Pyrénées, Paris 20, Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Why Not Productions
      • StudioCanal
      • France 2 Cinéma
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    • 1 hour 50 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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