Le Petit Lieutenant

As French director Xavier Beauvois' deliberately slow policier shifts its focus away from the idealistic young Paris police lieutenant of the title to his commanding officer's interior struggle, it becomes an ideal vehicle for the considerable talents of star Nathalie Baye. Having just graduated from the police academy but happily unable to land an assignment any closer to his wife and child back home in dull Le Havre, young and enthusiastic Antoine (Jalil Lespert) is appointed to the Paris Detective Unit's 2nd Division, and is soon handpicked to serve in a unit commanded by Inspector Caroline Vaudieu (Baye). The daughter of a well-respected "supercop," Inspec...