In 2022, a film marked criticism as much as spectators. Inspired by a true story, this thriller will soon disappear from Netflix. You only have a few days left to discover this French film, one of the best in recent years.
This story leaves a mark in the minds of spectators. An echo that resists time. In 2022, more than 630,000 people went to see The night of 12 in the cinema. Since then, the film signed Dominik Moll (Harry, a friend who wants you good) has had a good life on Netflix. But it will soon stop. The night of 12 Leave the platform on August 11. If you have not yet seen what can easily be described as one of the best French films in recent years, do not delay. If you are fond of thriller and true story, you will love it The night of 12. We follow Yohan, police officer at the PJ of Grenoble. The evening he officially became head of the service, on October 12, 2016, a murder takes place in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. Clara Royer, a young woman of 21, is burned long as she returns from an evening with friends. Yohan is responsible for the case, who haunts him.
What is the true story that inspired The night of 12 ?
The night of 12 is inspired by a real feminicide on the night of May 13 to 14, 2013 in Seine-et-Marne. A young woman, Maud Maréchal, was then burned long in a street a few steps from her home when he returned from an evening with friends. If many suspects have been heard, especially among men that the young woman had attended in the past, the murderer has not been found to date. According to The Parisiantwelve years after the facts, the investigation is new. The file has been entrusted to the Cold-Case Pole of the Nanterre prosecution in 2023 and was the subject of several additional survey acts in recent months.
Awards in a mess for The night of 12
The proof of the quality of the film The night of 12 Perhaps lies in the number of awards he has obtained. In 2023, he received no less than seven César, including that of the best film and that of the best male hope for Bastien Bouillon, recently seen in The Comte de Monte-Cristo et Mr AZNAVOUR. Bouli Lanners, which we applauded in the series Hippocrates or in Goodbyehad received the César for the best supporting role.
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