Le Petit Lieutenant

The Young Lieutenant
Film poster
Directed by	Xavier Beauvois
Written by	Xavier Beauvois Guillaume Bréaud Jean-Eric Troubat Cédric Anger
Produced by	Pascal Caucheteux
Starring	Jalil Lespert Nathalie Baye Antoine Chappey Jacques Perrin
Cinematography	Caroline Champetier
Edited by	Martine Giordano
Production company	Why Not Productions
Distributed by	Mars Distribution
Release dates	31 August 2005 (2005-08-31) (Venice) 16 November 2005 (2005-11-16) (France)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	€4.4 million[1]
Box office	$4 million[1]

Le Petit Lieutenant (also released under the title of The Young Lieutenant) is a 2005 French crime drama film directed by Xavier Beauvois. With almost documentary realism, it shows how in a tragic breach of procedure a young married police lieutenant is killed by a suspect and how the head of his squad doggedly tracks down the killer, who is shot dead trying to escape.