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Raid dingue

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Johanna Pasquali is a female cop unlike any other. Distracted, dreamy, and clumsy, from a purely policewoman point of view she is awfully nice but totally useless. Although endowed with real skills (shooting, hand-to-hand combat, police intuition, etc.), her clumsiness makes her a danger for criminals, the greater public, and her colleagues. Assigned to dangerous missions such as badly parked vehicles and shoplifting, she constantly trains during her free time in order to make her dream come true: to be the first woman to join the elite R.A.I.D unit. Accepted at the R.A.I.D training center for obscure and political reasons, she finds herself in the hands of officer Eugène Froissard, the most misogynist and vulgar of all the R.A.I.D officers. This improbable duo is given the task of arresting the formidable Leopard Gang, responsible for major robberies in the streets of the capital. But before being able to arrest the gang, the pair must already manage to work as a team without killing each other during training and field missions, each more incredible than the last. R.A.I.D Special Unit is an adventure comedy that also recounts the extraordinary lives of these everyday heroes, who are extremely humble and show exemplary courage.

Given the tense situation in France after several terrorist attacks, its a bold move to portray the men in the front line of the countrys defense in a comedy film. But Boon manages to stay on the right side of good taste by giving the audience an insight into the dangerous job of the RAID while keeping the comedy centered around new recruit Johanna and her relationship with Eugène. (Judith Prescott, French cinema Review)

Additional Info

Director: Nicolas Benamou
Country: France, Belgium
Cast: Alice Pol, Dany Boon, Michel Blanc, Yvan Attal Sabine Azéma, Patrick Mille, François Levantal, Anne Marivin, Alain Doutey, Florent Peyre, Urbain Cancelier
Language: French with English subtitles
Runtime: 105 Min
Year: 2017
Rating: Unrated
Festivals: Edinburgh International Film Festival (2017) Varilux French Film Festival in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, 2017) CoLCoA French Film Festival (Los Angeles, 2017) French Film Festival in China (2017)