The Young Lieutenant (2005)
- Original title
- Le Petit Lieutenant
- Directed by
- Xavier Beauvois
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- TP
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 99 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young police lieutenant is killed during a routine operation. His squad leader obsessively hunts the suspect to find justice.
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What happens
Le Petit Lieutenant (also released under the title of The Young Lieutenant) is a 2005 French crime drama film directed by Xavier Beauvois. With almost documentary realism, it shows how in a tragic breach of procedure a young married police lieutenant is killed by a suspect and how the head of his squad doggedly tracks down the killer, who is shot dead trying to escape. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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