News Items (1983)

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

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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