Underplayed Gems

News Items (1983)

News Items poster
Original title
Faits divers
Directed by
Raymond Depardon
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary follows the daily work of police officers at a station in central Paris. It shows people bringing complaints and officers handling various minor incidents.

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What happens

News Items (French: Faits divers) is a 1983 French documentary film, directed by Raymond Depardon, about daily life at police station in the fifth arrondissement of Paris. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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