An Officer and a Spy

Roman Polanski's new film, recipient of the FIPRESCI and Grand Jury prizes at the Venice Film Festival, takes us to 1895 Paris. Georges Picard, a young ambitious officer, watches convicted spy, Alfred Dreyfus, publicly humiliated and sentenced to life in prison. Picard, recently appointed head of the intelligence unit that brought the evidence against Dreyfus, is confident of his guilt. However, as Picard begins to investigate, doubts begin to arise.