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News Items
Directed by Raymond Depardon
CinematographyRaymond Depardon
Edited byFrançoise Prenant
Release date
  • 1 June 1983 (1983-06-01)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

News Items (French : Faits divers) is a 1983 French documentary film, directed by Raymond Depardon, about daily life at police station in the fifth arrondissement of Paris. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. [1] It was selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. [2]

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References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: News Items". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. "Cannes Classics 2016". Cannes Film Festival. 20 April 2016. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2016.