Two cops, one wild Christmas night, and the weirdest shift of their lives.
During Christmas night, two police officers make their nocturnal rounds, in their round they meet tramps, brawlers in a café, a naked man, a concierge, a sexton, revelers in a nightclub, and end by signing in their report to the police station.
Acting
Tilda Thamar's marquise steals every scene with intoxicating swagger.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched Paris streets that breathe post-war exhaustion.
Director
François Campaux
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
François Campaux directed only four features; this rediscovered oddity premiered at Cannes 1949 then vanished for decades.
The 'ronde' structure—cyclical night patrol—echoes 1930s French poetic realism while mocking its own romanticism.
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