Le Petit Lieutenant
| The Young Lieutenant | |
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| Directed by | Xavier Beauvois |
| Written by | Xavier Beauvois Guillaume Bréaud Jean-Eric Troubat Cédric Anger |
| Produced by | Pascal Caucheteux |
| Starring | Jalil Lespert Nathalie Baye Antoine Chappey Jacques Perrin |
| Cinematography | Caroline Champetier |
| Edited by | Martine Giordano |
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| Distributed by | Mars Distribution |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | €4.4 million |
| Box office | $4 million |
Le Petit Lieutenant (also released under the title of The Young Lieutenant) is a 2005 French crime drama film directed by Xavier Beauvois. With almost documentary realism, it shows how in a tragic breach of procedure a young married police lieutenant is killed by a suspect and how the head of his squad doggedly tracks down the killer, who is shot dead trying to escape.