Paris, France. Fred and his colleagues, members of the BPM, the Police Child Protection Unit, dedicated to pursuing all sorts of offenses committed against the weakest, must endure the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer commissioned to graphically document the daily routine of the team.
Acting
JoeyStarr's explosive vulnerability; the dinner scene will wreck you.
Direction
Maïwenn's documentary-style intimacy blurs observer and participant.
Writing
Cases overlap like trauma itself—no clean narrative catharsis.
Director
Maïwenn
Frédéric Pierrot
Baloo
JoeyStarr
Fred
Nicolas Duvauchelle
Mathieu
Karin Viard
Nadine
Naidra Ayadi
Nora
Karole Rocher
Chrystelle
Emmanuelle Bercot
Sue-Ellen
Maïwenn
Melissa
Marina Foïs
Iris
Arnaud Henriet
Bamako
Wladimir Yordanoff
Beauchard
Jérémie Elkaïm
Gabriel
Riccardo Scamarcio
Francesco
Sandrine Kiberlain
Mrs. de la Faublaise
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Mr. de la Faublaise
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Maïwenn spent months embedded with the real BPM unit; many case files in the film are directly adapted from actual investigations, with names changed.
The cast's raw dinner scene was largely improvised and became the film's centerpiece—French critics called it 'the most honest meal in cinema.'
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