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Maldoror

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When two girls go missing, Paul Chartier, an impulsive young police recruit, is assigned to “Maldoror”. This secret unit has been set up to monitor a dangerous sex offender. When the operation fails, fed up with the limits of the legal system, Chartier embarks on a solitary hunt to bring down the culprits.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian It’s a long film which finally -- and rather perfunctorily -- voyages into the murky waters of deep-state conspiracy, and the drama doesn’t really have the rhetorical resources or the performances to make that case plausibly or interestingly. Rated: 2/5 Sep 5, 2024 Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film Although this is set in the Nineties, the gritty feel makes it redolent of Seventies-set thrillers, a mood reinforced by the way that du Welz embeds us in Paul’s life from the start. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 5, 2024 Full Review Rocco T. Thompson Daily Dead Though the film is long, there’s clammy pleasure and howling pathos in picking at its knotted narrative while watching Bajon’s anti-hero slide measure-by-measure into a hell borne of his own obsession. Rated: 4.5/5 Sep 25, 2024 Full Review Jeff Nelson Guy at the Movies Maldoror speaks on a very unnerving side of humanity, but it doesn’t go anywhere. Rated: 2/5 Sep 23, 2024 Full Review Martin Kudlac ScreenAnarchy By filtering a psychological and political drama through genre lenses, du Welz creates a film that is more a genre fare spectacle than true crime reconstruction, reframed for mainstream audiences. Sep 21, 2024 Full Review Alexa Dalby Dog and Wolf The colour palette is muddy, with rain-sodden industrial landscapes, grey skies, reflecting the pervading atmosphere of decay in Maldoror. Rated: 3/5 Sep 20, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis When two girls go missing, Paul Chartier, an impulsive young police recruit, is assigned to “Maldoror”. This secret unit has been set up to monitor a dangerous sex offender. When the operation fails, fed up with the limits of the legal system, Chartier embarks on a solitary hunt to bring down the culprits.
Director
Fabrice Du Welz
Screenwriter
Fabrice Du Welz, Domenico La Porta
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
French
Runtime
2h 35m