The Little Lieutenant

A Feature film of

Xavier Beauvois

Produced by

Why Not Productions

Production year2005

French release16/11/2005

Runtime1 h 50 min

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Synopsis

When he gets out of the Police Academy, Antoine heads for Paris to join the Second Division of the detective branch. Caroline Vaudieu, back on the beat after overcoming alcoholism, chooses the young lieutenant for her vice squad. Full of enthusiasm, Antoine learns the tricks of the trade alongside Vaudieu’s men. She quickly becomes attached to the young man, who is the same age as her son – were he alive…

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Director (1)

Xavier Beauvois
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Production and distribution (4)

Executive Producer : Why Not Productions

Co-productions : STUDIOCANAL, France 2 Cinéma

Film exports/foreign sales : STUDIOCANAL, The Bureau Sales

French distribution : Mars Distribution

Full credits (19)

Executive Producer : Pascal Caucheteux

Screenwriters : Xavier Beauvois, Guillaume Bréaud, Jean-Eric Troubat

Director of photography : Caroline Champetier

Assistant directors : Hubert Barbin, Tessa Louise-Salomé

Editor : Martine Giordano

Sound Recordist : Jean-Jacques Ferran

Costume designer : Marielle Robaut

Sound assistant : Véronique Tiron

Assistant Operators : Emile Dubuisson, André Chemetoff

Production manager : Isabelle Tillou

Press Attaché (film) : Agnès Chabot

Sound Editor : Emmanuel Augeard

Assistant editors : Albertine Lastera, Marie-Julie Maille

Continuity supervisor : Agathe Grau

Production Designer : Alain Tchillinguiran

Casting : Stéphane Touitou, Stéphane Batut

Sound Mixer : Éric Bonnard

Still Photographer : Thierry Valletoux

Post-production supervisor : Laurencina Lam

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Type : Feature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Crime/thriller
Production language : French
Production country : France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified

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News (8)

4 French films in Competition at the Venice International Film Festival

28 JULY 2014

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Washington hosts its 1st French Film Festival (October 12-28, 2006)

12 OCTOBER 2006

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Festival du Film Francophone de Grèce
Greece, 2014
Retrospective Nathalie Baye
Shanghai - International Film Festival
China, 2012
Official Competition
Filmfest Hamburg - Hamburg International Film Festival
Germany, 2011
Eyes on Paris
Stockholm French Film Festival
Sweden, 2007
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Awards (1)

Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2006
César Award for Best Actress : Nathalie Baye

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Little Lieutenant by Xavier Beauvois (France, 2005, 110 min.). Director Xavier Beauvois’ César-nominated drama is not your standard policier. New police lieutenant Antoine Derouère (Jalil Lespert, The Last Mitterrand) is so keen to tackle crime head-on, that he joins a plainclothes crime unit in Paris, even though it means leaving his wife behind in Normandy. Most of his new colleagues look at work as just a daily grind, but he impresses Commandant Caroline Vaudieu (Nathalie Baye, who won the César for Best Actress for the role), a recovering alcoholic who takes a motherly interest in the rookie lieutenant. His work takes a dark turn when the unit investigates a murder, and Antoine’s passion for the case and his partner’s disinterest in it lead to a tragedy that rocks the department. Beauvois is not that interested in crime, per se, instead preferring to chart the personalities inside the station house and the cyclical nature of a job.

Description adapted from the San Francisco Film Festival.