Humanity (1999)

Original title: Humanité
Year: 1999
Runtime: 148 minutes
Country: France
Language: French
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Drama | Mystery

Director: Bruno Dumont

Cast:
Emmanuel Schotté … Pharaon De Winter
Séverine Caneele … Domino
Philippe Tullier … Joseph
Ghislain Ghesquère … Police Chief
Ginette Allegre … Eliane
Daniel Leroux … Nurse
Arnaud Brejon de la Lavergnee … Conservationist
Daniel Petillon … Jean, the cop
Robert Bunzi … English cop
Dominique Pruvost … Angry worker
Jean-Luc Dumont … CRS
Diane Gray … British traveller
Paul Gray … British traveller
Sophie Vercamer … Worker
Murielle Houche … Worker

Plot/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.

Bruno Dumont has a lot of compassion for his characters, which is evident in the way that he observes their daily lives and the conflicts that they are faced with. Explicit sexual scenes may offend some viewers. L’humanité won the Grand Prize of the 52nd Cannes Film Festival, 1999. Actress Severine Caneele shared the Best Actress award with Emilie Dequenne of Rosetta and Emmanuel Schotte won the Best Actor award.

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