Le Petit Lieutenant
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- Synopsis
- A young, inexperienced detective is inducted into an elite Paris plainclothes unit in Le Petit Lieutenant, directed by Xavier Beauvois (Don't Forget You're Going to Die)....
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- Starring
- Nathalie Baye, Jalil Lespert, Roschdy Zem, Antoine Chappey, Jacques Perrin
- Director(s)
- Xavier Beauvois
- Distributor(s)
- Cinema Guild
- MPAA Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Runtime
- 110 min.
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San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites
More than on "Prime Suspect," more than any film in recent memory, Le Petit Lieutenant conveys the relentless toll of big-city police work.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites
A quiet powerhouse of a film, an implacable, uncompromising French police drama, both old-fashioned and modern, that underlines the reasons impeccably made crime stories do so well on screen.Read the full review
Slate | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites
The final minute of the movie is one of the most bleak, and moving, endings I've seen in years.Read the full review
