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The Young Lieutenant

Play trailer The Young Lieutenant 2005,  1h 54m,  Crime/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 80% 54 Reviews Tomatometer 64% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
80% Tomatometer 54 Reviews 64% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A French policewoman (Nathalie Baye) and a rookie (Jalil Lespert) investigate the murder of a homeless Polish man (Xavier Beauvois).
The Young Lieutenant

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Critics Consensus

A gritty, languidly paced crime drama that blends old-fashioned ambiance with modern cynicism.

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David Germain Associated Press Mar 16, 2007
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. Go to Full Review
Stephen Hunter Washington Post Feb 8, 2007
Le Petit Lieutenant shows how good French movies can be when they stay French and don't try to go international. Go to Full Review
Leighton Walter Kille Boston Globe Jan 26, 2007
2.5/4
... you can sense Baye's struggling within the limits imposed on her. Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Apr 25, 2009
B+
The rarely done genre of the French policier is alive and well in director Xavier Beauvois' dynamic movie Go to Full Review
Louis Proyect rec.arts.movies.reviews Jun 8, 2007
French version of upscale cop shows like NYPD Blue or The Wire. Go to Full Review
Jeremy C. Fox Pajiba May 7, 2007
Lieutenant is a sly act of provocation, a repudiation of American filmmaking technique and of near-universal attitudes about cinematic violence. Go to Full Review
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Xavier Beauvois

Director

Nathalie Baye

Commandant Caroline Vaudieu

Jalil Lespert

Antoine Derouère

Roschdy Zem

Solo

Antoine Chappey

Louis Mallet

Jacques Perrin

Le juge Serge Clermont

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Movie Info

Synopsis A French policewoman (Nathalie Baye) and a rookie (Jalil Lespert) investigate the murder of a homeless Polish man (Xavier Beauvois).
Director
Xavier Beauvois
Producer
Pascal Caucheteux
Screenwriter
Xavier Beauvois, Guillaume Bréaud, Cédric Anger, Jean-Éric Troubat
Production Co
Why Not Productions
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 18, 2010
Runtime
1h 54m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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