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01/20/07
Tenth District Court (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 8 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Synopsis: Life in a Parisian courtroom is the subject of this fascinating program, which takes viewers behind the scenes and into hard-hitting trials as they unfold. [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Director: Raymond Depardon
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06/24/06
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05/30/06
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A riveting pageant of human behavior on both sides of the law unfolds with humor, poignancy and a measure of inherent majesty.
02/10/06
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Many varieties of French people are here: natives; immigrants; a knife-carrying sociologist; a young, drug-dealing punk; and so on.
02/10/06
[Raymond] Depardon puts a microscope on human behavior under pressure and comes out with both a social study and the greatest people-watching documentary in ages.
01/27/06
Though it never really builds to a point, the film presents an intriguing form of storytelling, giving us glimpses of these people's lives and personalities.
01/27/06
Collectively, the dozen cases reveal a great deal about class expectations and the notion of entitlement in Parisian society.
04/02/05
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02/12/05
I suppose it's easy to laugh at some of the film's tragic moments because Departon likens the legal system to a form of human theater.
10/06/04
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