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6.6/10   637 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Catherine Breillat (original idea)
Catherine Breillat (scenario) (adaptation) (dialogue) ...
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Release Date:
4 September 1985 (France) more
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Plot:
A moody, jaded police detective, while investigating a drug ring, falls for a mysterious woman and is drawn into a shady and dangerous scheme. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
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An objective appraisal of African Muslim community. more (4 total)

Cast

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Gérard Depardieu ... Louis Vincent Mangin

Sophie Marceau ... Noria
Richard Anconina ... Lambert
Pascale Rocard ... Marie Vedret
Sandrine Bonnaire ... Lydie
Frank Karaoui ... René
Jonathan Leïna ... Simon
Jacques Mathou ... Gauthier
Bernard Fuzellier ... Nez Cassé
Bentahar Meaachou ... Claude Laouki (as Bentahar Meaachou)
Yann Dedet ... Dédé
Mohamed Ayari ... Momo
Abdel Kader Touati ... Maxime
Jamil Bouarada ... Jean
Bechir Idani ... Barman René
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Runtime:
113 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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An objective appraisal of African Muslim community., 27 March 2003
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Author: Lalit Rao (cpowerccc@yahoo.com) from Paris, France

Police is an objective appraisal of African Muslim community wherein Pialat takes us on a fantastic tour of Parisian drug dealing activities.He has vibrantly portrayed Arab world from an evenhanded French perspective by depicting individuals caught in a vortex of social context.All its characters are so vulnerable that even the slightest fantasy pays a heavy price.Pialat has acquired laudable brilliance from his leading players.Depardieu is exceptionally brilliant in his role as Inspector Mangin.Sophie Marceau is equally impressive in her role as compulsive liar Noria.She has incarnated her role with noteworthy aplomb.Police is a solemn chronicle about the interminable combat involving corrupt people on the one hand and an honest police officer like Mangin on the other hand.Police differs from other films of thriller genre by laying a good deal of emphasis on its protagonists' frame of mind.

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