Faits Divers


1h 48m 1983

Brief Synopsis

The fruit of Depardon's three-month sojourn in a police station in the Latin Quarter of Paris--as the title indicates, its concern is the police officer's routine assignment, the kind that rate at best as a paragraph in local newspapers. What emerges is a work which avoids the twin perils of voyeuri

Film Details

Also Known As
News Divers, News Items
Genre
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
1983
Location
Paris, France

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 48m

Synopsis

The fruit of Depardon's three-month sojourn in a police station in the Latin Quarter of Paris--as the title indicates, its concern is the police officer's routine assignment, the kind that rate at best as a paragraph in local newspapers. What emerges is a work which avoids the twin perils of voyeurism and sensationalism and suceeds in being moving, tragic, and unexpectedly hilarious.

Film Details

Also Known As
News Divers, News Items
Genre
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
1983
Location
Paris, France

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 48m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1983

Released in United States September 1996

Released in United States 1983

Released in United States September 1996 (Shown in Berkeley, CA (Pacific Film Archive) as part of program "Raymond Depardon: The Captive Gaze" September 5-19, 1996.)