Police (2020)

Movie
Original title	Policy
Country of production	France , Andorra
original language	French
Publishing year	2020
length	99 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Anne Fontaine
script	Claire Barré , Anne Fontaine
production	Philippe Carcassonne , ; Jean-Louis Livi
camera	Yves Angelo
cut	Fabrice Rouaud
occupation
	Omar Sy : Aristide; Virginie Efira : Virginie; Grégory Gadebois : Erik; Payman Maadi : Tohirov; Aurore Broutin; Nagisa Morimoto; Tadrina Hocking;

Police (alternative titles Night Shift and Bis an die Grenz ) is a film drama by Anne Fontaine that premiered in February 2020 as part of the Berlin Film Festival .

action

Aristide, Virginie and Erik, who represent a cross section of French society, work for the police and are torn between desires and fears.

production

The film is based on the novel POLICE from Hugo Boris from the year 2016, which translated into several languages and a German version under the title The police was published. Directed by Anne Fontaine .

Virginie Efira plays the policewoman Virginie, Omar Sy and Grégory Gadebois their colleagues Aristide and Erik. In another leading role, Payman Maadi can be seen as Tohirov.

The world premiere of the film took place on February 28, 2020 as part of the Berlin Film Festival , and a cinema release in France is planned for March 4, 2020.

reception

Reviews

Nathanael Brohammer, film correspondent for the Gilde deutscher Filmkunsttheater , writes, apart from Omar Sy, who is always sympathetic against the grain, the film is also able to hit some unexpected hooks in terms of plot and captivates especially in the second half, when the tension during the nightly wandering Parisian little by little increases. The final message that humane principles can also be enforced against certain obligations and credos à la “execute and shut up”, however, turns out to be a bit too polite or forgiving overall, which means that up to the limit its potential for subsequent ethical reflection is partially untouched let. The basically clever narrative structure could not completely hide the fact that hardships and problems of everyday police work are touched on, but not deepened too much.

Awards

Berlin International Film Festival 2020

Nomination for the Amnesty International Film Prize

literature

Hugo Boris: POLICE , Grasset, 2016, ISBN 978-2-246-86144-7 .
Hugo Boris: The police officers . Ullstein, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-550-05046-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Release certificate for policy . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 200244 / K).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Press release Berlinale Special: Views of society. In: berlinale.de. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
↑ Heike Angermaier: Fontaine shoots with Efira as "Police". In: Blickpunkt: Film, March 1, 2019.
↑ Nathanael Brohammer: Push the Limit. In: programmkino.de. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
↑ 19 Berlinale films nominated for the Amnesty Film Prize 2020. In: amnesty.de, February 20, 2020.

[FSK-1] Release certificate for policy . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 200244 / K).

[Berlinale-2] Press release Berlinale Special: Views of society. In: berlinale.de. Retrieved January 23, 2020.

[3] Heike Angermaier: Fontaine shoots with Efira as "Police". In: Blickpunkt: Film, March 1, 2019.

[4] Nathanael Brohammer: Push the Limit. In: programmkino.de. Retrieved June 5, 2020.

[5] 19 Berlinale films nominated for the Amnesty Film Prize 2020. In: amnesty.de, February 20, 2020.