Police (1985 film)

Police
Directed by Maurice Pialat
Produced by Emmanuel Schlumberger
Written by Catherine Breillat
Sylvie Danton
Jacques Fieschi
Maurice Pialat
Starring Gérard Depardieu
Sophie Marceau
Music by Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki
Cinematography Luciano Tovoli
Editing by Yann Dedet
Distributed by Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
New Yorker Films
Release date(s) 1985
Running time 113 minutes
Country France
Language French

Police is a 1985 French film, starring Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau and Sandrine Bonnaire. It was directed by Maurice Pialat and written by Catherine Breillat.

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Plot

When Mangin, a jaded French police inspector (Depardieu) starts to investigate a Tunisian drug ring, he finds his morals being clouded by his interactions with the criminals and especially Noria (Marceau), the girlfriend of one of them.

Cast

Accolades

The film was nominated for a César for Best Editing in 1986, as well as a Best Actor nomination for Depardieu. Depardieu also won the Best Actor award from the Venice Film Festival in 1985 for his performance of the conflicted Mangin.

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