Polisse

Polisse

The Child Protection Unit of the Parisian police defends the city's most vulnerable from its most heinous criminals. Based on real child investigation cases, writer-director-actor Maiwenn's realistic and thorough film tells the stories of the men and women of the CPU. Their usual workplace stress - interviewing abused children, interrogating molesters and pedophiles, searching for missing victims, making arrests in the field - is compounded by corruption and office politics. And even when the badge come off, the officers still find themselves dealing with the hardships of divorce, adultery, and emotional damage in their personal lives. With so much at stake, each triumph validates the squad's sacrifices, and each failure threatens to break them. Featuring an accomplished ensemble cast, Polisse is a suspenseful, moving, and authentic portrait of the grittiest of police work.