Fresh
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.
David Germain, Associated Press
The Young Lieutenant
2005 · 1h 50m · Unrated
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Xavier Beauvois
Overview
A rookie policeman from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure Parisian homicide bureau and is assigned to a middle-aged woman detective.
Director and cast
- Xavier Beauvois Director
- Nathalie Baye as Commandant Vaudieu
- Jalil Lespert as Antoine Derouère
- Roschdy Zem as Solo
- Antoine Chappey as Louis Mallet
- Jacques Perrin as Le juge Serge Clermont
- Xavier Beauvois as Nicolas Morbé
- Patrick Chauvel as Le lieutenant Patrick Belval
- Jean-Charles Dumay as Juge d'instruction
- Bérangère Allaux as Julie Derouère, la femme d'Antoine
- Wieslaw Puzio as Kaminsky
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Le Petit Lieutenant shows how good French movies can be when they stay French and don't try to go international.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Rotten
... you can sense Baye's struggling within the limits imposed on her.
Leighton Walter Kille, Boston Globe
Fresh
The film's plot, revolving around a murder investigation that turns nasty, ticks along smoothly and efficiently. But it's ultimately more of a character drama, and a reminder that great acting often has little to do with words.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
Le Petit Lieutenant looks at Antoine's life with lyricism.
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
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