Tonight on TV: One of the best French detective films of the 2020s

Eli Wajeman, with his third feature film List Medics, continues to explore the themes already explored in his first two films, Aliyah and The Anarchists.

Here the moral ambiguity, the boundary between legal and illegal is approached by Michael’s chaotic life. Between caring for patients in difficult neighborhoods and drug addicts, the latter is also torn between his wife and his mistress, while dealing in dangerous drugs.

Influenced by American thrillers of the 1970s, such as Mean Streets, Le Flambeur or Le Parrain, Elie Vajeman takes the codes of film noir and modernizes them to paint an appropriate portrait of Paris at night in the 2020s in the popular neighborhoods of the French capital. Loneliness is everywhere.

intensive (lasts 1 hour 22), night doctor It also plays with its time unit (Michael only has one night to regain control) to create a tight tension that exercises its protagonist. Vincent McCain is abandoning the moonlighting heroes he subscribed to in favor of a more serious register. A masterful performance that earned him a César nomination for Best Actor.

Find our AlloCiné ranking of the best French thrillers of the 2020s.

night doctor By Eli Wajemann with Vincent McCain, Pio Marmai, Sarah Giraudeau…

Tonight at Arte at 20:55.