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Police (1985)
Director: Maurice Pialat
Cast: GĂ©rard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina, Pascale Rocard
Runtime113 min
Rating15
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Mangin, a police inspector in Paris, leans hard on informants to get evidence on three Tunisian brothers who traffic in drugs. He arrests one, Simon, and his girl-friend Noria. Simon's brothers go to their lawyer. He springs Noria, who promptly steals 2 million francs that belong to the Tunisians. They suspect her of the theft; her life as well as the lawyer's is in danger. Meanwhile, Noria is playing with both the lawyer and Mangin's affections. Mangin is mercurial anyway: intimidating and bloodying suspects, falling for a police commission trainee before flipping for Noria, wearing his emotions on his sleeve. Can he save the lawyer and Noria, and can he convince her to love?
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Police (1985) is a critically acclaimed French crime drama directed by Maurice Pialat. The film has been praised for its gritty, realistic portrayal of police work and the complexities of criminal investigations. While the film did not receive any major awards, it has been recognized by film critics and experts as an outstanding example of the French New Wave cinema.
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Fans of gritty French crime dramas will appreciate the raw, intense portrayal of the Parisian police force in Maurice Pialat's 1985 film Police, which features a powerhouse performance from GĂ©rard Depardieu as a mercurial inspector caught up in a complex web of betrayal and moral ambiguity.
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Police is a 1985 French neo noir crime drama film directed by Maurice Pialat and starring GĂ©rard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, and Sandrine Bonnaire. Written by Catherine Breillat, the film is about a moody, jaded police detective investigating a drug ring who falls for a mysterious woman and is drawn into a shady and dangerous scheme. The film had 1,830,970 admissions in France.
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