35mm and DCP List Autumn 2012 - Access Cinema

Polisse
Dir: Maiwenn France 2011 127 mins Cert: 16
Starring: Karin Viard, Joeystarr, Marina Fois, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Maiwenn,
Karole Rocher, Emmanuelle Bercot, Frederic Pierrot, Arnaud Henriet
Language: French
Available: From September
Formats: D-Cinema only
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcrG7z3_YPE
Having made self-reflective films about the acting business, director and actress
Maïwenn Le Besco takes a new direction with this study of the everyday life among the
officers at a Parisian Child Protection Unit.
When a photographer is commissioned by the Interior Ministry to document the unit’s
work, she discovers the dramatic, tragic and yet some times, comic experiences of the
children. At the same time Le Besco gets to know the team of nearly a dozen officers
trying to cope with stress, hoplessness and their Sisyphean work situation. It takes its toll
on their private lives, where many of them are too exhausted to deal with their personal
lives—or their relationships. As pressure builds up, the need to let of steam becomes
increasingly necessary.
The complex story line is built episodically. The verdicts of the defendants are never
revealed and this enhances the unit’s daily struggle. For the unit, closure is a rarely
experienced luxury. - Stockholm Film Festival
“A powerhouse of emotional jolts, freewheeling comedy and socially-minded storytelling”
- Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
Winner - Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival 2011
Raid, The Serbuan maut
Dir: Gareth Evans Indonesia 2011 101 mins Cert: 18
Starring: Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Ray Sahetapy,
Pierre Gruno, Tegar Satrya
Language: Indonesian
Available: From September
Formats: 35mm + D-Cinema
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTSjXbFOKGg
Hot off the festival circuit, the buzz on this one is well-earned and genuine. It’s been a
while, but here’s an unabashed, unironic Friday-night movie — a noisy, bloodlusting
crowdpleaser that’s like a kickback to the grindhouse. Other than hailing from Indonesia,
there’s nothing new about The Raid — in fact, with its henchmen, Big Bads and AK-47s,
it’s stubbornly retrograde. The dialogue’s been cut-and-pasted from Action Movie Pass
Notes (“We go in, we take him out”; “Not without my team”, and, that classic
understatement, “We have company”). The villain is dial-a-drug-baron. And yet, between
an unknown Indonesian and a man from Merthyr Tydfil, The Raid’s accomplished what
all action movies promise but few achieve — it makes you gasp.