La triche (1984)

In the docks of Bordeaux a well-known homosexual was murdered. Police Inspector Michel Verta starts investigating, when he falls in love with Bernard, a handsome young musician. This not ... See full summary »

Director:

Yannick Bellon

Writers:

Yannick Bellon, Alain Marcel,

Stars:

Victor Lanoux, Anny Duperey, Valérie Mairesse

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Victor Lanoux	...	Commissaire Michel Verta
Anny Duperey	...	Nathalie Verta
Valérie Mairesse	...	Marilyn
Xavier Deluc	...	Bernard Mirande
Michel Galabru	...	Jean Morane / Sylvain Morane
Roland Blanche	...	Manuel Garcia
Michèle Simonnet	...	Marianne
Patrick Raynal	...	René Villedieu
Gérard Hérold	...	Gérard
Guy Tréjan	...	Raymond
Jacky Laurent	...	Jacky
Guillaume Boisseau
Jean Boissery
Franck Capillery
Patrick Catalifo

Storyline

In the docks of Bordeaux a well-known homosexual was murdered. Police Inspector Michel Verta starts investigating, when he falls in love with Bernard, a handsome young musician. This not only threatens his family life but also his integrity, for he is married with a child and Bernard is one of the murder suspects.

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Plot Keywords:

police | homosexual | male frontal nudity | male nudity | male prostitute | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

8 August 1984 (France)

Also Known As:

The Cheat

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Productions du Daunou, Les Films de l'Equinoxe, Paris Occitanie Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Musicall Humors"
Written by Tobias Hume (as Capitaine Tobias Hume)
Viole de gambe: Jordi Savall
DISQUES ASTREE représentés par SONIMAGE

User Reviews

Two men in love..

Yannick Bellon was championing all the good causes:the horror of rape ("l'amour violé"),breast cancer ("l'amour nu" ),and here homosexuality. Both "l'amour nu" and "la triche" take place in rich bourgeois milieus :Anny Duperey ,an oenologist so famous that she's eagerly expected in California!It takes all the actress's talent to create an endearing character.Sadly ,she is not supported by the screenplay in which her husband -a police chief- ,while investigating a gay's murder,falls in love with a young musician .It was not his first affair,mind you;and besides "I love women too" says he to a distraught angry Duperey.

SPOILER:the biggest flaw is the way they settle the "problem" :like in the fifties and the sixties movies,the young lover gets killed and thus there will not be any scandal.The easy way out indeed.