"Case 137" director Dominik Moll explores the gap in French society

Cesar, who won the film Case 137 by French director Dominik Moll's premiere Thursday night in Cannes, talked about the timeliness of his film, which addresses police misconduct through a prism of a meticulous investigation.

"Case 137" was set in the yellow vest protest in France and was centered on a young man injured by a flash ball projectile. Léa Drucker, who also served as the star of Case 137 in Laura Wandel, is an investigator in the French IGPN (Interior) department, assigned the task of determining who is responsible for the incident.

Moore started working on the project a few years ago, amid protests in violent Jaunes that rocked the country in 2018 and 2019 as a tool for investigations in French society. However, the film isn't about becoming a bombshell political thriller, like Ladj ly's "Les Miserables" or Romain Gavras' "Athena", listing several French films watching police brutality.

"I don't like the idea of ​​a movie coup," Moore said. "What I like to do is try to explain how institutions work." Speaking of the background of the Gillettes riot, Moore said, "This period eroded political power, led to the deployment of law enforcement, leading to overreaction and overreaction. It's a real reveal of the division of French society, especially between big cities and small towns, which many people undoubtedly overlooked, and this is a biased place, and this is a biased place, and this is a biased place, and this is a biased place, and this is a biased place, and this is a biased place, and this is a biased place, and this is a biased place, and this is a biased place, and this is a biased place, and this is a biased place, and this is a biased place, and this is a biased place, and this is a biased place, and this is a family range. That."

"Now, it feels like it's far away, but these divisions still exist, which seems like a great way to talk about them, especially because the Gilets Jaunes movement is really part of French history now. I think it's important to solve such problems," Moll continued.

The film marks Moore's follow-up to "The Night of the 12th", which draws a police investigation surrounding the murder of a young woman. The film resonated in France and won six impressive awards at the Cesar Awards, including the best film, directed and adapted scripts of "More" and "Gilles Marcander" and the promising cast of Bastien Bouillon.

Moore drew a parallel attitude between the two films, saying, “The 12th Night” “It really made me want to continue my interest in the police agencies and how they work.”

"The advantage of police investigation is that you can do the case work on the scene, all the tension and suspense, etc., and you can get stuck in other topics," Moore said. "On the evening of the 12th, it was violence against women. Here, it's more about police violence during law enforcement operations, but through IGPN's police investigation, police oversight agencies. That's what I'm interested in. I feel there's material because I've seen police officers investigate other police officers."

Caroline Benjo made "Case 137" and "Case 137" and "The Nights" at Carole Scotta in Haut et al. Benho said, "'Twelfth Night' is "a very harsh movie, even a little grim and very graphic, but feels smart." We have completely abandoned these grey areas, the areas of nuance and complexity, when in fact they are areas with which we absolutely have to reconnect. ” said the producer.

Case 137 review of variety shows received great praise, which described it as “effective” and “engaging police procedures” and praised Drucker’s “excellent” performance as “a stubborn inspector who investigated serious cases of Riot police misconduct.”

Prior to the premiere, "Case 137" sparked some headlines, and after the news broke, Cannes Film Festival organizers banned one of the auxiliary actors Theo Navarro-Mussy from being walked on the red carpet amid allegations of rape and sexual assault.

"Case 137" is represented internationally by charades.