The daily grind for the police officers of the Child Protection Unit – taking in child molesters, busting underage pickpockets and chewing over relationship issues at lunch; interrogating abusiveparents, taking statements from children, enjoying solidarity with colleagues and laughing uncontrollably at the most unthinkable moments. Knowing the worst exists and living with it. Fred, the group’s hypersensitive wild card, is going to have a hard time facing the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer on a Ministry of the Interior assignment to document the unit. “Violence can be silent... it’s the worst sort of violence”, says director Maïwenn.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 2 hr. 7 min.
- Country, year
- France, 2011
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- French
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Maïwenn Le Besco
- Screenplay
- Maïwenn Le Besco, Emmanuelle Bercot
- Cinematography
- Pierre Aïm
- Music
- Stephen Warbeck
- Cast
- Karin Viard, Joeystarr, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Maïwenn Le Besco
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- in competition, Jury Prize.
Director
Maïwenn Le Besco
French actress and film director Maïwenn Le Besco was born in 1976. She started her acting career at the age of 5. Her first directed movie I Am an Actrice in 2003 was the adaptation of her One Woman Show. Seduced by the experience, she took the step and decided to direct her first long footage movie Forgive Me following the family theme of her first movie. The film was nominated for César as Best First Work.
