Cast: Emmanuel Schotté, Séverine Caneele, Philippe Tullier, Ghislain Ghesquère, Ginette Allègre. Screenplay: Bruno Dumont. Cinematography: Yves Cape. Production design: Marc-Philippe Guerig. Film editing: Guy Lecorne. Music: Richard Cuvillier.
Emmanuel Schotté's performance as an unlikely police detective in L'Humanité won the best actor award at Cannes. The film, about the detective's efforts to solve a case involving the rape and murder of a little girl, is full of enigmatic moments and even paranormal events that test a viewer's credulity, but it winds up exerting a kind of exasperated fascination.