Le petit lieutenant France
2005, 110min.
Prod.: Pascal Caucheteux, Script: Xavier Beauvois, Guillaume Bréaud, Jean-Eric Troubat, Cédric Anger, Dir.: Xavier Beauvois, Dir. of Phot.: Caroline Champetier, Art. Dir.: Alain Tchilinguirian, Sound: Jean-Jacques Ferran, Sound Edit.: Emmanuel Augeard, Sound Mix: Eric Bonnard, Edit.: Martine Giordano.
Cast: Nathalie Baye (Caroline), Jalil Lespert (Antoine), Roschdy Zem (Solo), Antoine Chappey (Louis Mallet), Jacques Perrin (Serge Clermont), Bruce Myers, Patrick Chauvel, Jean Lespert, Annick Le Goff, Yaniss Lespert, Xavier Beauvois.
When he gets out 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...
Awards
Venice Film Festival, 2005 (Label Europa Cinemas), César, 2006 (Best Actress), Étoile d'Or, 2006 (Best Actress).
| Beauvois, Xavier Xavier Beauvois (born 1967, Bruay-en-Artois, France)
He began his career in cinema as the assistant of such famed directors as Andre Techine, Manuel de Oliviera and some others. He also acted both in his films, and ones by Michel Deville, Jacques Doillon and Phillippe Garrel. Don`t Forget You’re Going to Die with Chiara Mastroianni and Roshdi Zem, a Jean Vigo prize and Cannes IFF Jury Prize winner, made him famous
Filmography
North (Nord, 1991), Don't Forget You're Going to Die (N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir, 1995), João Mata Sete (2000), To Mathieu (Selon Matthieu, 2000), Le Petit lieutenant (2005).
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