Polisse
Review by Joe Cronin
Stars: Karin Viard, Marina Foïs, Joey Starr, Maiwenn | Written by Maiwenn, Emmanuelle Bercot | Directed by Maiwenn
The documentary style Polisse is a gritty whirlwind of a film that tackles its harrowing subject matter head on. ‘Polisse’, a play on the word ‘Police’ is spelt this way to replicate a child’s take on the word. Sadly, the film itself is also a reflection of the lives of hundreds of children across France. Despite featuring fictitious characters that sometimes come across as crude caricatures, the subject matter is real.
The film was co-written by Maiwenn and Emmanuelle Bercot and documents day-to-day cases of the Parisian Child Protection unit. Shot in a ‘handy-cam’ style that manages not to become irritating, the film is a product of Maiwenn spending months living with a Cpu unit, slowly becoming ingrained in their lives. Despite often being compared to The Wire,...
Review by Joe Cronin
Stars: Karin Viard, Marina Foïs, Joey Starr, Maiwenn | Written by Maiwenn, Emmanuelle Bercot | Directed by Maiwenn
The documentary style Polisse is a gritty whirlwind of a film that tackles its harrowing subject matter head on. ‘Polisse’, a play on the word ‘Police’ is spelt this way to replicate a child’s take on the word. Sadly, the film itself is also a reflection of the lives of hundreds of children across France. Despite featuring fictitious characters that sometimes come across as crude caricatures, the subject matter is real.
The film was co-written by Maiwenn and Emmanuelle Bercot and documents day-to-day cases of the Parisian Child Protection unit. Shot in a ‘handy-cam’ style that manages not to become irritating, the film is a product of Maiwenn spending months living with a Cpu unit, slowly becoming ingrained in their lives. Despite often being compared to The Wire,...
- 10/23/2012
- by Guest
- Nerdly
Ian Simpson, the man behind Nadine, a lo-fi urban tale of an abused girl which both Rick (review) and I loved, has been quietly working on his newest feature. Man in Wood is an experimental piece on consciousness with horror elements which Simpson describes as "a cross between Fulci and Bresson." Below is a brief description, which we announced two years ago. [Continued ...]...
- 7/30/2012
- QuietEarth.us
Polisse
Review by Joe Cronin
Stars: Karin Viard, Marina Foïs, Joey Starr, Maiwenn | Written by Maiwenn, Emmanuelle Bercot | Directed by Maiwenn
The documentary style Polisse is a gritty whirlwind of a film that tackles its harrowing subject matter head on. ‘Polisse’, a play on the word ‘Police’ is spelt this way to replicate a child’s take on the word. Sadly, the film itself is also a reflection of the lives of hundreds of children across France. Despite featuring fictitious characters that sometimes come across as crude caricatures, the subject matter is real.
The film was co-written by Maiwenn and Emmanuelle Bercot and documents day-to-day cases of the Parisian Child Protection unit. Shot in a ‘handy-cam’ style that manages not to become irritating, the film is a product of Maiwenn spending months living with a Cpu unit, slowly becoming ingrained in their lives. Despite often being compared to The Wire,...
Review by Joe Cronin
Stars: Karin Viard, Marina Foïs, Joey Starr, Maiwenn | Written by Maiwenn, Emmanuelle Bercot | Directed by Maiwenn
The documentary style Polisse is a gritty whirlwind of a film that tackles its harrowing subject matter head on. ‘Polisse’, a play on the word ‘Police’ is spelt this way to replicate a child’s take on the word. Sadly, the film itself is also a reflection of the lives of hundreds of children across France. Despite featuring fictitious characters that sometimes come across as crude caricatures, the subject matter is real.
The film was co-written by Maiwenn and Emmanuelle Bercot and documents day-to-day cases of the Parisian Child Protection unit. Shot in a ‘handy-cam’ style that manages not to become irritating, the film is a product of Maiwenn spending months living with a Cpu unit, slowly becoming ingrained in their lives. Despite often being compared to The Wire,...
- 5/10/2012
- by Guest
- Nerdly
Year: 2008
Directors: Ian Simpson
Writers: Ian Simpson
IMDb: link
Trailer: trailer 1 trailer 2
Review by: Rick McGrath
Rating: 9 out of 10
“Nadine, is that you? Every time I see you, you’ve got something else to do…” Chuck Berry may have been perplexed about the restless activities of his future bride, but he’s not even in the same tenement flat as Ian Simpson, who actually follows his Nadine as she finds lots of something else to do.
None of it nice.
Shot in a seductive mixture of arthouse cool and cinema verité brutal, Nadine is an incredibly powerful look at what it means when “some day… everything goes wrong” for a psychologically disturbed teen at the ignored end of Britain’s impoverished lower classes. The basic plot was revealed on Quiet Earth when Nadine’s second trailer was posted: "Nadine, a teenage girl who is a regular self-harmer, is subjected to a hostile mother,...
Directors: Ian Simpson
Writers: Ian Simpson
IMDb: link
Trailer: trailer 1 trailer 2
Review by: Rick McGrath
Rating: 9 out of 10
“Nadine, is that you? Every time I see you, you’ve got something else to do…” Chuck Berry may have been perplexed about the restless activities of his future bride, but he’s not even in the same tenement flat as Ian Simpson, who actually follows his Nadine as she finds lots of something else to do.
None of it nice.
Shot in a seductive mixture of arthouse cool and cinema verité brutal, Nadine is an incredibly powerful look at what it means when “some day… everything goes wrong” for a psychologically disturbed teen at the ignored end of Britain’s impoverished lower classes. The basic plot was revealed on Quiet Earth when Nadine’s second trailer was posted: "Nadine, a teenage girl who is a regular self-harmer, is subjected to a hostile mother,...
- 6/28/2010
- QuietEarth.us
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