Poliezei

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Movie
German title Poliezei
Original title Polisse
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 2011
length 127 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Maywenn
script Maïwenn
Emmanuelle Bercot
production Alain Attal
music Stephen Warbeck
camera Pierre Aïm
cut Laure Gardette
Yann Dedet
occupation

Poliezei (Original title: Polisse) is a French drama from 2011. The film was directed by Maïwenn , who wrote the script together with Emmanuelle Bercot and played a leading role herself. The film focuses on the work of the Paris police in the youth protection department (Brigade de Protection des Mineurs) . The unusual spelling goes back to a spelling mistake made by the director's son when writing the word police . This deviation has also been adopted in the German title.

action

The photographer Mélissa, who lives in an open relationship with the father of her twin daughters, is commissioned by the youth protection department of the Paris police to document the police operations in order to present them in an ideal light for PR purposes. Police work on child molestation missions is often upsetting and frustrating. Several police officers have significant problems in their private relationships, which lead to constant irritation among colleagues. Occasionally the policemen take their frustration out on each other or party together in the evening. There is also mistreatment of suspects, but these are covered by colleagues. Some fail to come to terms with the depressing experiences surrounding rape and pedophilia. The anorexic policewoman Iris, who is friends with her colleague Nadine, destroys her own relationship and is happy when Nadine divorces her husband. Mélissa falls in love with the policeman Fred and they both start a relationship. Fred suffers from the social misery that he witnesses every day.

One of the colleagues is injured in connection with a special operation against people involved in organized crime. Nadine's pent-up frustration about her divorce and lost custody leads to an emotional outburst against Iris, who accuses her of having destroyed her marriage. The unpopular boss then decides to transfer the two of them to different departments. After the summer vacation there is a big meeting at which the boss announces the promotion and transfer of Iris. This is essentially ignored by the colleagues and Iris commits suicide by jumping out of the window of the meeting room.

Reviews

"The exciting crime film provides a wealth of meaningful portraits of characters who react very differently to these challenges and condenses into a bulky inventory of a profession, but also of the darker sides of the metropolis of Paris."

- Lexicon of international film

“One of the most incredible scenes in this incredible film is a police karaoke party after work. [...] This is how Maïwenn keeps her ensemble happy and the audience in tune. With all the ugliness that the film has to report, 'Poliezei' has a beauty that stems from its pursuit of truthfulness. "

- Spiegel Online

"'Polisse' is an extremely ambiguous film: annoying in its lack of distance, but also fascinating because of its outstanding cast."

- Berliner Zeitung

background

The film was cut from over 150 hours of raw material recorded by several cameras. Despite a script, several scenes are improvised. The world premiere was on May 13, 2011 at the Cannes International Film Festival . In Germany, the film opened in cinemas on October 27, 2011.

Awards

César 2012

At the Cannes Film Festival, he won the jury's prize and at the Prix ​​Lumières awarded by the French foreign press , Maïwenn was awarded for best director .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for police station . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2011 (PDF; test number: 129 886 K).
  2. ^ Poliezei in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed on April 8, 2012
  3. ↑ a b Paris, Stadt der Triebe , spiegel.de, accessed on April 8, 2012
  4. ↑ Gott, Freud and Volleyball , berliner-zeitung.de, accessed on April 8, 2012