Polisse

Synopsis: The daily grind for the cops of the Police Department's Juvenile Protection Unit - taking in child molesters, busting underage pickpockets and chewing over relationship issues at lunch; interrogating abusive parents, taking statements from children, confronting the excesses of teen sexuality, enjoying solidarity with colleagues and laughing uncontrollably at the most unthinkable moments. Knowing the worst exists and living with it. How do these cops balance their private lives and the reality they confront every working day? Fred, the group's hypersensitive wild card, is going to have a hard time facing the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer on a Ministry of the Interior assignment to document the unit.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Maïwenn
Production: IFC Films
  7 wins & 22 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
127 min
$100,000
Website
497 Views


Based on real-life cases handled by the Paris CPU (Child Protection Unit)

You know, some things are allowed

and others aren't allowed.

So, with you, did somebody

do something that was wrong?

It was my daddy.

Okay.

What did your daddy do?

He scratched my bottom.

Okay, tell me...

When he scratches your bottom,

where are you?

In my bedroom.

In your bedroom?

Do you have your own room?

Yes.

What's your room like?

Pink and white.

Like that.

Pretty, isn't it?

I love pink.

Ask her, was it at night?

Over or under her pajamas?

Dolores...

I need you to help me understand.

- Will you help me?

- Yes.

What does Daddy do in your bedroom?

- Scratches my bottom!

- Okay.

Where's your bottom?

Under my leggings-

I don't understand.

Why did Daddy do that?

Because he wanted to.

Does Daddy scratch

over or under your leggings?

Under my pajamas.

Does he take off your pajamas?

No.

And are you awake?

No.

No, you're asleep?

So you don't remember?

If Daddy did it, you have to tell us.

But if he didn't,

don't go telling tales.

See?

Dolores...

You remember Daddy

scratching your bottom?

- What did you say?

- Nothing.

- Don't lie to Daddy.

- We're not lying.

- Tell the truth.

- It is the truth.

Don't cover up for Mommy.

- Do you love Daddy?

- Yes.

- Swear!

- We swear.

- You crossed hands.

- We swear.

Hands like that.

On the table.

What about our toes?

Don't cross your toes.

You're crossing your feet, aren't you?

Swear you won't lie.

We swear We won't lie.

- Always tell the truth.

- We'll always tell the truth.

This is the time to laugh and to sing

On children's island, every day is spring

It's the gleeful land of happy children

And lovely monsters Yes, it's paradise

This garden is not so far

It just takes a little imagination

So here or there, Wherever you are

Flowers, songs and laughter will grow

This is the time to laugh and to sing...

If only

your parents

Wanted to five on our island

Everything would be

so much happier

And everybody's lives so much easier

This is the time to laugh and to sing...

And lovely monsters

Yes, it's paradise

I'm asking you

if you had a hard-on or not, sir.

- No, I didn't.

- It's simple.

No hard-on?

So what's all this about a Wiener?

She can say what she wants.

Was it poking out? Out of your...

Maybe she watches too many TV movies.

I see.

Where on TV would she get

such a precise description?

You have kids?

Sir, you have been indicted

on charges of

rape of a minor by a family member.

So if there's a time

to tell the full story

so she can rebuild her life,

it's now.

your granddaughter again.

So, you gave her a hug...

I already told you.

I gave her a hug as usual.

Like any grandfather.

And then, I've no idea why,

my hand kind of slipped and I...

And all of a sudden...

I stroked her kitty-cat

and I gave it a kiss but nothing else.

Your granddad says

he just kissed your kitty-cat.

Did he do anything else?

I didn't rub up against her.

- Yes, you did!

- That's not true!

Why talk about rubbing,

when she hasn't mentioned it?

She said it this morning.

Sorry, I don't know who told you that,

but you've no idea

what she told us or not.

Did you rub on her?

No. If I have to say I did

to protect her, I will.

- If you want.

- To protect her?

The best way to protect her

is to tell the truth.

You always believe the kids?

- Not always.

- No, sir.

So what happened?

I undressed

and caressed her, and y'know.

"Y'know"?

Y'know doesn't exist

For a judge, it means nothing.

Marie, don't tell fibs.

Tell the truth now.

"Tell the truth"?

Soon you'll be saying she led you on.

I didn't say that.

Not quite.

You realize you helped guys

rape your friend?

Aren't you ashamed?

You realize?

You see it's serious?

Shut your face.

Quit sucking my p*ssy off!

Sucking your p*ssy off?

You're 14. Oooh, scary!

You're 1m5O tall. Oooh, scary!

You sellout!

Sellout?

Skank b*tch.

I ask your opinion?

Take a chill pill!

Take a chill pill?

What's that mean?

You big up 'cos it says police.

Come by where I live.

And where d'you live?

- I'm from Rbeval.

- Rbeval?

That's teddy bear country.

Your skank ass'll get it.

Okay. I work 9-7 every day.

On the Qur'an, I'll come f*** you up!

Know what? Shut up now!

Or we'll keep you 2 days in the cells.

Got that?

That mouth of yours! Can it!

I want a lawyer. I have rights.

You watch too much TV.

"I want a lawyer!"

He'll come down, see everything's okay

and take off.

With what we've got on you,

just shut your mouth!

We've got videos

of you taking your friend down there.

Into the garage

where your 3 buddies raped her.

And you mouth off at us?

This is the police here.

Just shut the f*** up!

A mouth 10 feet wide, that's all!

Hi there.

Daddy!

How's my little girl?

- Good.

- Good good good?

Yes!

Happy to see your old dad or not?

You just breeze in

like this is a hotel?

Hello.

Can We talk calmly?

Yeah, right.

You say he cheated on me.

Sure, but I cheated on him.

It's totally different.

You fell for somebody else.

He listened to his cock.

That doesn't alter the fact

we're tied, 1-1.

- Sure, it does.

- How come?

Because!

He was just following his cock...

And you...

You were following your heart.

That's the point.

Cheating with your head

not your cock is worse.

No, I don't agree.

How can I put it?

A cock's nothing, you see?

- A cock's nothing? Depends whose!

- You know what I mean.

Don't let it dominate...

Having feelings isn't a crime.

Feelings are noble.

A cock's just icky!

- Maybe...

- It's icky.

Just dipping your wick? I'm gone.

Think with your cock? Stop.

Think with your heart? Stay?

Your kid'll prefer

seeing her mom and dad

happy but separated, rather than

together, fighting like cat and dog.

Believe me.

You know how crazy we are.

Even apart, We won't take it easy.

Forget it then.

Forget it, it's over.

Seriously, do you love her?

- Of course he does.

- Absolutely.

So be honest,

say you need time to think,

just a few days.

You can stay at mine if you want.

Cline loves you.

I love you guys,

but you're always copulating.

Tell me about your Iovelife,

not my hubby.

I quit.

I'm sick of getting laid.

Until I find the one,

total abstinence.

Brilliant!

What's funny?

I want a relationship.

Romance, love, all that.

Not getting my rocks off.

How do you explain Rachida?

Not Rachida!

What?

Arabs voted for Sarkozy, too.

Or he wouldn't have won.

Not me, no way.

So he could send me "back"? Look at me!

He was still elected president.

Which proves?

What does it prove?

It doesn't give him every right.

He was Treasury Secretary,

Interior Minister...

Look at his legal reforms. A mess!

He's always the first to step up

to defend the police.

But we've never had such a bad rap.

People think we don't protect them,

that we're no use.

- As always.

- Not as always.

Except, before, we were their lackeys.

- Bamako...

- We couldn't speak out!

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Maïwenn (sometimes credited as Maïwenn Besco or her birth name Maïwenn Le Besco, French: [maj.wɛn lə bɛs.ko]; born 17 April 1976) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. more…

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