This is a fascinating premise that manages to touch on many prevalent themes currently dominating French culture, such as immigration, the role of the police, alcoholism, freedom of choice and more.
Virgine sets out the try to convince the other officers that he should instead be set free, and what follows is a car ride filled with passionate arguments of morality, human rights, love and loss. Here, she discovers the awful truth that should he be returned home, he will almost certainly face execution. Virgine is greatly affected by something that is happening in her life, and it's this fragility that causes her to initially break the rules and read the criminal's records. Police are well-known for strictly following orders in trying to keep the peace, however, due to external problems they are all facing, they are forced to confront their own feelings rather than merely doing as they are told. On this car ride is Virgine ( Virginie Efira, 'Elle'), Aristide ( Omar Sy, 'The Intouchables', 'Jurassic World') and Erik ( Grégory Gadebois, 'J'accuse'). 'Night Shift' follows three Parisian police officers over the course of - you guessed it - one night shift, where they have been tasked in transferring a criminal to the airport so he can be returned to his home country. 'Night Shift' is the latter, and would probably be better served in that way.īased on the successful 2016 French novel by author Hugo Boris, titled 'Police', Luxembourgish writer and director Anne Fontaine ( 'The Innocents', 'Coco Before Chanel', 'Adoration') takes the helms to adapt this book for the screen, but unfortunately, it hits wide of the mark. Other times, you watch a film that could be expertly adapted to a stage play due to its refined nature and singular theme. Sometimes you watch a bottle film and can't help but think that it needed to be fleshed out more that the gimmick doesn't work.
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When utilised correctly and at its best, a bottle movie can be truly memorable and leave lasting impressions - 'The Hateful Eight' and 'Rear Window' immediately spring to mind as personal favourites. A bottle movie is one that is based almost entirely in one location, with a single cast list that is forced into the space, often to resolve a conflict.
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