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The Night of the 12th

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6.9/10 • 626

2022-07-131h 54m

CrimeMysteryDrama

Some crimes will haunt you

Young and ambitious Captain Vivés has just been appointed group leader at the Grenoble Criminal Squad when Clara's murder case lands on his desk. Vivés and his team investigate Clara's complex life and relations, but what starts as a professional and methodical immersion into the victim's life soon turns into a haunting obsession.

Directors
Dominik Moll
Writters
Dominik Moll, Gilles Marchand
Editors
Dominik Moll, Gilles Marchand, Laurent Rouan

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  1. Bastien Bouillon

    Bastien Bouillon

    Yohan Vivès

  2. Bouli Lanners

    Bouli Lanners

    Marceau

  3. Anouk Grinberg

    Anouk Grinberg

    La juge d'instruction

  4. Mouna Soualem

    Mouna Soualem

    Nadia

  5. Pauline Serieys

    Pauline Serieys

    Nanie

  6. Théo Cholbi

    Théo Cholbi

    Willy

  7. Johann Dionnet

    Johann Dionnet

    Fred

  8. Thibaut Évrard

    Thibaut Évrard

    Loïc

  9. Julien Frison

    Julien Frison

    Boris

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CinemaSerf

Apr 1, 2023

7/10

This is a fictional interpretation of an actual crime that sees newly promoted "Vivés" (Bastien Bouillon) take his team of Grenoble detectives to a small town to investigate a grisly murder. Walking home from a friend's house the previous morning, "Clara" (Lula Cotton-Frapier) is confronted by a stranger who throws a combustible liquid over her and then sets her alight. What the Police Justiciare have to work with is a ghastly sight. Their investigations quickly reveal no shortage of potential attackers. This girl had lived a "lively" life - unbeknownst to her parents - and her boyfriends ranged from the nerdy to the opportunist to the downright bad boy "Caron" (Pierre Lottin). Thing is, loads of suspects don't add up to loads of evidence and tempers amongst the team begin to fray as their lack of actual progress becomes frustrating, exasperating and personal. Although this has elements of a whodunit to it, it is essentially quite an interesting "fly-on-the-wall" style drama that illustrates the difficulties faced by an under-resourced team of officers who cannot but become involved in the heinous crimes they must try to solve. This film looks quite intensely at their own personal relationships and is frequently peppered with some dark humour and with contrary views on the victim that occasionally make it difficult for an on form Bouillon to handle. Bouli Lanners is effective here as his passionate sidekick "Marceau" - himself having his own share of domestic disasters, and as the narrative pans out we, too, are offered nothing concrete in which to hope! I didn't love the ending scenarios. The casualness, desperation even, seemed to fly in the face of so much of their previously meticulous police-work, but the lead performance is good, the cinematography potent and this is definitely worth a watch.

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
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Revenue
$3,467,232.00
Keywords
police investigationmisogynyintimate