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L'HUMANITÉ

by Bruno Dumont

synopsis

In a town near Lille, melancholy police superintendent Pharaon De Winter lives with his mother. An 11-year-old girl has been raped and murdered. Over the next week, De Winter investigates and grieves, his face nearly expressionless. He bikes, he gardens. He accompanies his neighbors, Joseph and Domino, to dinner and to the seaside; he even observes them in vigorous if not rough coitus. For Domino, sex seems her way of connecting. Does she fancy Pharaon? A plowed field, the sea, Pharaon's flowers, the pudenda of Domino and of the ravaged girl - this mix of images of beauty, evil, and possibility assaults Pharaon as he tries to do his job and hold on to his humanity.

original title: L'humanité
country: France
year: 1999
genre: fiction
directed by: Bruno Dumont
film run: 141'
release date: FR 17/05/1999, DE 06/1999, RU 07/1999, UK 08/1999, NO 10/09/1999, BE 09/1999, GR 16/11/1999, FI 19/11/1999, IT 26/11/1999, HU 08/12/1999, NL 02/2000, TR 12/05/2000, CZ 07/2000, PT 10/2000, SE 01/12/2000, ES 09/2009, PL 23/07/2011
screenplay: Bruno Dumont
cast: Emmanuel Schotté, Séverine Caneele, Philippe Tullier
cinematography by: Yves Cape
film editing: Guy Lecorne
art director: Marc-Philippe Guérig
costumes designer: Nathalie Raoul
producer: Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Bréhat

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