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Polisse

German title: Poliezei
Russian title: Полисс
Original title: Polisse

Drama – France
Production year: 2010
Movie length: 127 minutes

Director: Maïwenn Le Besco
Writer: Maïwenn Le Besco, Emmanuelle Bercot
Cinematograph: Pierre Aïm
Music: Stephen Warbeck

Movie description:

The police officers who belong to a squad that has been set up to protect minors are never short of things to do. When they are not rounding up pedophiles and juvenile pickpockets, they have to confront negligent parents who abuse their children and come to grips with the vagaries of adolescent sexuality. But how do these dedicated men and women manage to balance their private lives with the varied routine that fills their working days?

The daily grind for the cops of the Police Department’s Juvenile Protection Unit – taking in child molesters, busting underage pickpockets and chewing over relationship issues at lunch; interrogating abusive parents, taking statements from children, confronting the excesses of teen sexuality, enjoying solidarity with colleagues and laughing uncontrollably at the most unthinkable moments. Knowing the worst exists and living with it. How do these cops balance their private lives and the reality they confront every working day? 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.

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