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‘Polisse’ a cop thriller with a special electricity

Maïwenn makes child protection the focus of her riveting drama

By Wesley Morris

 |  Globe Staff  

  May 24, 2012

**** Polisse There are movies that grab you by the throat and knee you in the groin. And there are movies that grab your throat, knee your groin, drive you to the hospital, help fill out the police report, and ask you to dinner. This is that latter movie, an electrifying emotional thriller about an endangered child-protection unit in the Paris police department. Directed and co-written by Maïwenn, who costars. In French, with English subtitles. (127 min., unrated) (Wesley Morris)

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