When France erupts

An investigation into law enforcement

Written and directed by David Dufresne and Christophe Bouquet

October 2005: the French suburbs are ablaze. This film reveals the underbelly of a very French specialty: policing.

The result of a year-long investigation, the film examines the mechanisms of order... and disorder. Why do French crises spill over into general disorder? How do social crises become regime crises? How is the strategy of maintaining order a political art? Among the many interviews: Claude Guéant, Nicolas Sarkozy's chief of staff, Pierre Mutz, Préfet de Police de Paris, Bruno Laffargue, head of the R.G., etc.

Directed by: David Dufresne and Christophe Bouquet
Written by: David Dufresne and Christophe Bouquet
Production: YAMI 2 - Christophe Nick
Broadcaster: France 2
Year of release: 2007
Duration: 80 min