SummaryIn nearly every police precinct, detectives are inevitably confronted with a case that goes unsolved. The more heinous the crime, the more it haunts those whose duty it is solve it. Such is the dilemma for Yohan Vivès—a young, recently promoted police Captain—when he begins investigating the gruesome murder of a young women named Clara in the tow... Read More
Directed By:Dominik Moll
Written By:Gilles Marchand, Dominik Moll, Pauline Guéna
The Night of the 12th
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
81
User score
Generally Favorable
6.4
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
88% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
13% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Jun 9, 2023
90
The film’s refusal to tie up loose ends has already inspired comparisons to Bong Joon Ho’s “Memories of Murder” and David Fincher’s “Zodiac,” two of modern cinema’s great cold-case classics. Moll’s movie doesn’t leave behind the same deep, implacable chill of those earlier works, but its lingering rage and sorrow are no less easy to wave aside.
May 17, 2023
90
The Night Of The 12th will emotionally exhaust audiences and get under their skin with its haunting ending.
May 19, 2023
88
There's more going on here than meets the eye. The Night of the 12th runs deep. The film's effectiveness lies in its matter-of-fact surface and its roiling wordless interior, the stealthy way it makes its points (without announcing "This is The Point").
Mar 30, 2023
80
The long and devastating fallout from a senseless act of violence affects almost everyone in this compelling reality-inspired account, which lingers in the mind in a way that few crime stories do.
Mar 1, 2023
80
This taut and piercing thriller is one of Moll’s stronger works to date, using a genre template to delve into issues of violence, gender and policing in contemporary France.
May 5, 2023
70
The Night of the 12th is a mostly compelling sit, though what lends the film its singular texture is that it keeps tricking us into thinking it’s a more conventional thriller than it is.
50
The film wants for deeper characterizations or a closer detailing of criminal procedure.
User score
Generally Favorable
63% Positive
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26% Mixed
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Jan 21, 2025
9
My favourite polar movie, everything feels so real and relatable, and a punching story to think about long after credits roll. I've recommended this movie to all my friends since watching it.
Jun 14, 2023
8
O filme já inicia falando de um caso sem solução, e é impressionante como a equipe técnica consegue manter o interesse ainda assim. Trata-se de um assassinato ocorrido numa madrugada, em uma rua escura e deserta, cujo assassino não fora pego.
O filme tem uma ambientação e uma fotografia meio escura que me agradaram bastante, e ainda tem uma pegada de humanização, como por exemplo na cena em que a polícia precisa contar para a família. A dupla de policial investigadores vai então colhendo os depoimentos e construindo a trama junto com o expectador.
Pelo fato de Clara, a jovem assassinada, se envolver com vários parceiros (o rapaz que trabalha no bar, um jovem meio nerd, até mesmo tipos esquisitos e violentos), poderia desequilibrar o filme para ser pedante em relação ao posicionamento da liberdade sexual da mulher, mas ainda bem que os roteiristas deram o recado sem soar estridente, para não afetar a "masculinidade frágil".
Algumas subtramas me incomodaram um pouco, como na separação do policial, mas se realmente aconteceu, ficou orgânica à trama, e até bem vinda.
Enfim, o filme vai rodando, rodando, rodando e... mesmo sabendo que não há solução, consegue ainda criar um suspense sobre a identidade do tal assassino, e é realmente muito gostoso de acompanhar. Um ótimo filme de investigação, que mesmo não chegando ao autor do crime, consegue ser super bem feito.
Production Company:
- Haut et Court
- Versus Production
- Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
- Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF)
- VOO
- BE TV
- Proximus
- Canal+
- Ciné+
- O'Brother Distribution
- Memento Films International
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
- Wallimage
- Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge
- Inver Tax Shelter
- Cinéventure 7
- Cinécap 5
- Cinémage 16
Release Date:May 19, 2023
Duration:1 h 55 m
Tagline:Il y a des crimes qui vous hantent... (There are crimes that haunt you...)
Awards
César Awards, France
• 6 Wins & 10 Nominations
Lumiere Awards, France
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Magritte Awards, Belgium
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations




























