2005 · drama · crime
The Young Lieutenant
Directed by Xavier Beauvois1h 50m2005
A rookie policeman from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure Parisian homicide bureau and is assigned to a middle-aged woman detective.
Our read: The Young Lieutenant (2005) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- cold
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