The Polisse
When the first movie in your 6-film SIFF package is about the lives of the police of the Parisian Child Protection Unit, you prepare yourself to mine the depths of the darkest parts of humanity. What you don’t expect is a movie that is also equal parts funny and lively. I expected a long two-hour slog that would just leave me sad and questioning the human condition. However, The Polisse embrace humanity in all its aspects, good and bad, abhorrent and uplifting.
