Polisse

Polisse released at some film festivals as Poliss, French pronunciationplis is a 2011 French drama film written, directed by and starring Mawenn. It also stars Joeystarr, Karin Viard, Marina Fos, Nicolas Duvauchelle and Riccardo Scamarcio. The film centres on the Child Protection Unit Brigade de Protection des Mineurs of the Paris Police, and a photographer who is assigned to cover the unit. The title is derived from Mawenns sons misspelling of the word police.

Mawenn got the idea for the film when she saw a documentary about the Child Protection Unit on television. She was allowed to stay with the officers of the unit to research the subject and get to know what kind of people they were. All the cases in the screenplay were based either on things the director had witnessed during her time with the unit or older cases they told her about. Not letting the viewers know the verdicts of the defendants was a conscious choice, because the police officers seldom get to know it either. Mawenn wrote a first draft for the screenplay on her own, and was then joined by Emmanuelle Bercot.The film was produced for 6.14 million through Les Films du Trsor in coproduction with Arte France Cinma and Mars Films. The production received presales investment from Canal and CinCinma. Mawenn only wanted to cast actors who would be credible in the roles of policemen In my opinion all of them had to have a common feature they had to look like working class people and speak in vernacular Parisian French. Two former members of the CPU were hired to train the actors. ........

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