THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH

Synopsis: In the corridors of the criminal police, it is said that all the investigators have a crime that haunts them. One day or another, they come across a case hurting them more than the others, without always knowing why. It starts spinning in their heads to the point of obsession.
Young and ambitious Captain Vivés has just been appointed group leader at the Grenoble Criminal Squad when Clara’s murder case lands on his desk. Vivés and his team investigate Clara’s complex life and relations, but what starts as a professional and methodical immersion into the victim’s life soon turns into a haunting obsession.

Cast: Bastien Bouillon (Only the Animals), Bouli Lanners (Bye Bye Morons, Above the Law), Anouk Grinberg, Mouna Soualem, Pauline Serieys.

2022 / Thriller / France, Belgium / French / In post-production

Produced by Haut et Court (Gagarine, Only the Animals, A Ciambra)

By the director of Only the Animals (Venice’s Giornate Degli Autori), News From ¨lanet Mars (Berlinale Official Selection), The Monk, Lemming (Cannes Competition Opening), With A Friend Like Harry (Cannes Competition).

“A brooding, serpentine investigative drama that brings to mind movies like Zodiac and Memories of Murder”

— The Hollywood Reporter

“Never flashy, consistently fascinating”

— Cineuropa

“The Night of the 12th is perfectly cast and constructed with quitely thrilling rigour”

— Screen

“An ensemble police investigation both highly effective and brilliantly acted, where procedures and mindsets reveal a frayed society”

— Cineuropa