Movie spotlight: 'Polisse'

"Polisse" follows the Paris child protection unit into harrowing cases and trivial beefs, through ridiculous suspect interviews, unexpected romance and abrupt tragedy. Bluntly edited, the film is an intimate portrait of an idealistic, understaffed, sometimes wrongheaded team battling youth prostitution, thievery rings and adult predators from every class of society. Writer/director/star Maiwenn Le Besco's socially conscious story took the Jury Prize at Cannes last year. (Unrated. In subtitled French, Italian and Arabic.)