Humanité (1999)

Original title

L'humanité

Directed by

Bruno Dumont

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

France

Runtime

2h 28m

Rated

18

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 115 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In rural France, a withdrawn police lieutenant investigates the rape and murder of a schoolgirl. His slow enquiries are intercut with scenes from his quiet everyday life.

contemplativeslow-burnbleakquietmeditativemelancholicunsettlingunderstated

What happens

Humanité (French: L'humanité) is a 1999 film directed by Bruno Dumont. It tells the story of a withdrawn police lieutenant investigating a rape and murder of a schoolgirl in rural France, his slow enquiries interspersed with everyday scenes of his quiet life. The film is shot with little dialogue in a contemplative and symbolical style. The policeman is named after a distinguished French painter, Pharaon de Winter, who was from the town where the film is set. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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