The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial

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The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial

Released May 14, 2004

1h 47m

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Filmmaker Raymond Depardon documents misdemeanor hearings in a Parisian courtroom.

Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Depardon offers American viewers a fascinating view of the French judicial system—in other words, of life without the Fifth Amendment.

Oct 3, 2022

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Kent Jones

Film Comment Magazine

Depardon's film is a fascinating study of clashing egos and dueling rhetorical styles.

Apr 11, 2018

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 3/5

Jun 30, 2006

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

It’s a bracingly comic cross-section of an idiosyncratic legal system at one of its mundane working levels.

Jan 24, 2023

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Laura Clifford

Reeling Reviews

...not unlike a Fred Wiseman film edited for time and effect...

Rated: B

Feb 1, 2006

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Sean Axmaker

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

[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.

Rated: B

Jan 27, 2006

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Audience Member

A masterpiece in documental cinema. The skills of Depardon are evident. For instances is funny and sarcastic, of how common turn themselves into child in a trial, another sociological experience

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Depardon 100% . The second part of DÃ©lits Flagrants. 10 years after one of his best films Raymond Depardon records its logicaly evolution. You can see the essence of human being, always trying to lie.....

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Fascinating documentary about three months of judicial activity in Paris' 10th District Court. Trial issues cover everything from pickpocketing and DUIs to domestic violence and illegal immigration. The footage is raw and sparingly edited -- a capsule of modern French life as seen through the eyes of the Law.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Raymond Depardon

Director

Claudine Nougaret

Producer

Claude Morice

Co-Executive Producer

Adrien Roche

Co-Executive Producer

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Raymond Depardon documents misdemeanor hearings in a Parisian courtroom.

Director: Raymond Depardon
Producer: Claudine Nougaret
Distributor: Koch Lorber
Production Co: France 2 Cinema, Canal+, Centre National de la Cinematographie
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): May 14, 2004, Original
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Dolby