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The documentary follows the daily running of a police station in the fifth arrondissement of Paris. The camera attaches itself to one unit and moves with the calls that come in. The account is not looking for large events; it looks at what goes into the records as minor matters. A lost wallet, a fight, an argument over a door that will not be opened, all inside the same night. The film neither exalts the police nor accuses them; it shows the work itself. One face of the city becomes visible only through these calls. Raymond Depardon’s way of putting the camera inside the event sets the tone. There is no interview and no voice over. The hundred and eight minute French documentary was completed in 1983.