Numerama recommends a film or series to watch on SVOD platforms every day. We recently recommended you The Night of 12, which addresses feminicides and rightly denounces sexist and sexual violence. He is a winner in 6 categories of the Césars 2023.
And if you plunged into the impossible investigation of The Night of 12, an essential and terribly topical thriller? Dominik Moll’s film, available on Canal +, was crowned “best film” at the Césars 2023, this February 24. He is, in total, winner of 6 categories (out of 10 nominations). A deserved reward, and which should motivate you to put this work on the program for your viewings!
What says The Night of 12 on Canal+ ?
Clara is a twenty-something like the others: she likes to spend evenings with her friends and live passionate love stories. But one evening, Clara is burned alive, in the middle of the street, by a stranger. For the team of the PJ (Judicial Police), then begins a long work of investigation to find the culprit. The interrogations are linked, but the evidence is lacking and the inspectors have only one certainty: the murder took place on the night of October 12.
From its opening, The Night of 12 plays cards on the table with the spectator: what you are about to see is an unsolved affair, of which there are hundreds every year. From then on, the challenge of finding the assassin during these two hours flies away, even if the hope still persists deep inside us, that justice will be done for Clara.
Directed by Dominik Moll (Harry, a friend who wishes you well), The Night of 12 is a trying thriller, from which you come out washed, overwhelmed by the still heavy weight of patriarchal violence. The film thus develops a deeply feminist narrative, where the guilt of all men is questioned frankly, proving the systemic nature of feminicides. The intelligence of the feature film is to also question the sexism of the police forces, which begin by searching Clara’s private life and her slightest missteps, even before considering her as the victim of a crime. The investigation is also led by the excellent Bastien Bouillon (Oussekine) and Bouli Lanners (Hippocrates), in opposite but complementary roles: the silent cop VS the nervous. As Clara’s best friend, Pauline Serieys (The Great) surprises again by the mastery of his game.
So let’s be clear: The Night of 12 is one of the best movies of the year 2022, which resonates so strongly with our demoralizing news (as of February 7, 2023, already 12 femicides had taken place since the beginning of the year). This thriller fully deserves its rain of awards at the Césars and only accentuates our furious desire to contribute, again and again, to the feminist revolution.
- Watch if you liked: prisoners; Mystic River; Up to the Guard; Gregory
- Must see if you are looking for: thriller; police officer ; investigation ; unresolved matter; feminist film; chills; mystery ; suspense; sob out ; denounce the patriarchy
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