I had not watched this little French crime drama since several decades and I really appreciated to discover it again. This is a film hesitating between drama and crime atmosphere; you have action sequences, very bleak, gritty, brutal, scene for which you are not necessarily prepared, and then a character study concerning the relationship between the cop and the city hall clerk. This is an overall gloomy film, with a superb jazzy score, a sort of tribute to the American film noir. This is somewhere a strange film that may surprise you. However this is not a masterpiece, only a rather gripping feature which can leave you a bitter taste in the mouth.
2 Reviews
A muddled affair
dbdumonteil15 September 2008
Warning: Spoilers
Political thrillers have never been France's forte ."Une Sale Affaire" ,in spite of a good cast (Victor Lanoux,Marlene Jobert ,a wasted Patrick Bouchitey),fails to convince.
A cop tries to confound a VIP of the town .He makes friend with a town clerk and uses her to get a compromising file .By doing that,he destroys the woman's life and causes her sister's death.The subject (cops doing their job and ruining innocent people's lives ) was much better applied on "Dernier Domicile Connu" which also starred Marlène Jobert (as a cop in that movie).
Watch out for a brief appearance of Christophe(r) Lambert .
A cop tries to confound a VIP of the town .He makes friend with a town clerk and uses her to get a compromising file .By doing that,he destroys the woman's life and causes her sister's death.The subject (cops doing their job and ruining innocent people's lives ) was much better applied on "Dernier Domicile Connu" which also starred Marlène Jobert (as a cop in that movie).
Watch out for a brief appearance of Christophe(r) Lambert .
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