A Matter of Details (The Little Things), a crime thriller written and directed by John Lee Hancock, lands on Netflix on September 7, 2026. The film brings together three Oscar-winning actors, Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto, around a criminal investigation that pits two detectives against their own obsessions.
The action unfolds in the early 1990s. Deputy Sheriff Deke “Deke” Deacon, Kern County’s deputy played by Denzel Washington, is sent to Los Angeles on what’s meant to be a quick mission. Once there, he finds himself drawn into the case led by Jim Baxter, a young LASD investigator played by Rami Malek, into a string of murders that has the city on edge.
The two officers tackle the case in very different ways. Deke leans on experience and gut instincts, willing to bend the rules, while Baxter initially comes across as much more methodical. Their focus gradually shifts to Albert Sparma, a man portrayed by Jared Leto whose behavior stirs their suspicions but stops short of delivering the hard evidence needed to crack the case.
The manhunt is paired with a more personal arc for Deke. His return to Los Angeles puts him up against an old case that still haunts him, and its fallout gradually clarifies his role in the new investigation. A Matter of Details looks not only at the pursuit of the culprit but also the effect of that pursuit on those who chase it, until the line between intuition, belief, and certainty becomes blurred.
John Lee Hancock is directing and writing the original screenplay for the film. The filmmaker is best known for The Blind Side and In the Shadow of Mary — Walt Disney's Promise. The cast, meanwhile, teams up double-Oscar winner Denzel Washington with Rami Malek, who earned acclaim for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, and Jared Leto, winner of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club.
France's journey for Une affaire de détails was unusual. Initially scheduled for a January 27, 2021 cinema release, during the period of closed cinemas due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the film ultimately did not get a theatrical release in France. Warner Bros. released it directly to VOD on March 24, 2021, ahead of a DVD and Blu-ray release on May 5.
More than five years after its French TV debut, Une affaire de détails is heading to Netflix on September 7, 2026. A fresh showcase for this three-character thriller, where the quest for an answer gradually becomes as crucial as the evidence itself.
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