mathieu.perrin

The story is about policemen who work in a "commissariat" in Paris, France. They have to do their job everyday, running after little robbers or little drug dealers... The movie is very far from police stories we can see everyday in others movies, with great detectives, mafias... In fact, Bertrand Tavernier, with the help of an ancient policeman for the scenario, tries to catch policemen every day work, with their little problems with the hierarchy... I think this movie is the most "real" about police problems in France.

The story takes place in Cevennes, in the south of France. It's the opposition between the protestant (calvinist) minority and the catholic royal power, which is an important page of France religious history, just after the "Revocation de l'edit de Nantes" (1698).

The scenario is really close to historic reality and the actors are really good.