The 10th District Court: Moments of TrialsDepardon's most celebrated film is constructed entirely from testimonies given over the course of three months by people inside judge Michèle Bernard-Requin's Paris courtroom.
Depardon's Frederick Wiseman-esque documentary edits together footage of illegal immigrants, knife-carrying citizens in defence of their petty crimes, traffic offences and misdemeanors, and the efforts of the judge to reach a verdict.
Depardon fascinatingly revisits the territory and themes of his earlier Délits flagrants.
