Bad Lieutenant (1992) by Abel Ferrara.

“It’s one of the most quoted of Ferrara’s great career, an incredible film with a real freedom and a real violence. Ferrara is somehow uncontrolable, unpredictable, you can feel it in the way his films are made. His films are on different levels, more or less great, but you always feel his touch, violent and deep, this incredible instinct.”

Synopsis: While investigating a young nun’s rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.

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A former assistant of Cyril Collard, Karim Dridi, Gaspar Noé or Laetitia Masson, Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire made a breakthrough performance with his first feature-length film, Carlitos Medellin -actually a documentary feature shot in Colombia- in 2003. The film toured countless festivals around the world and received the Best Film For Children Rights Award in 2004. Johnny Mad Dog, his latest and first fiction film, about child soldiers, is now available on DVD.

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