Poliss (2011)
Director: Maïwenn
Country: France
Runtime: 1 hour, 59 minutes
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 paedophiles 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? ~ Filmsdefrance
From its opening scene, in which a little girl tells one of the officers, Chrys, that her father sometimes “scratches her butt,” the film presents the difficulties in distinguishing truth from speculation in child sex abuse cases, especially when kids and parents offer conflicting testimonies, or take issue with police workers poking into their private lives. Maiwenn and co-writer-star Emmanuelle Bercot insert a number of such interrogations throughout the story, and they run the gamut from disturbing to hilarious to downright tragic, especially in one emotional wallop of a sequence where a little boy is separated from a mother who can’t provide him adequate shelter.
Country: France
Runtime: 1 hour, 59 minutes
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 paedophiles 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? ~ Filmsdefrance
From its opening scene, in which a little girl tells one of the officers, Chrys, that her father sometimes “scratches her butt,” the film presents the difficulties in distinguishing truth from speculation in child sex abuse cases, especially when kids and parents offer conflicting testimonies, or take issue with police workers poking into their private lives. Maiwenn and co-writer-star Emmanuelle Bercot insert a number of such interrogations throughout the story, and they run the gamut from disturbing to hilarious to downright tragic, especially in one emotional wallop of a sequence where a little boy is separated from a mother who can’t provide him adequate shelter.
