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Writers:
Claude Chabrol (writer) &
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Release Date:
12 March 1986 (France) more
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Inspector Lavardin is induced to investigate the murder of a province's notable who was taking himself as the moral guardian of his village... more | add synopsis
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A pretty good detective film, with some very unconventional characters more (5 total)

Cast

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Jean Poiret ... Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
Jean-Claude Brialy ... Claude Alvarez
Bernadette Lafont ... Hélène Mons
Jean-Luc Bideau ... Max Charnet
Jacques Dacqmine ... Raoul Mons
Hermine Clair ... Véronique Manguin
Pierre-François Dumeniaud ... Marcel Vigouroux
Florent Gibassier ... Francis
Guy Louret ... Buci
Jean Depussé ... Volga
Marc Adam ... Adam
Michel Dupuy ... Frogman
Serge Feuillet ... Priest
Michel Fontayne ... Bouncer
Philippe Froger ... Stage Manager
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
L'inspecteur Lavardin ou la justice
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Runtime:
100 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Follows Poulet au vinaigre (1985) more
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C'est ma vie more

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10 out of 12 people found the following review useful.
A pretty good detective film, with some very unconventional characters, 16 June 2000
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This is actually rather a good, but not particularly noteworthy, detective movie. Chabrol re-uses a character of an earlier film, Inspecteur Lavardin from Poulet au Vinaigre, which was probably the most successful ingredient of that film. This later film is more entertaining and accessible than Poulet, primarily because it benefits from having a much better script, with more than a smattering of humour. In addition, the main characters are better drawn and acted than in Poulet. Of particular note are Jean-Claude Brialy playing Lavardin's outrageously camp and eccentric host, and Jean Poiret, now comfortably installed in the role of the unconventional, if not to say dangerous, detective Lavardin.

The plot is quite sophisticated, with some clever twists and turns. The unmasking of the murderer and the transfer of guilt are quite cleverly engineered, although the conclusion does raise some questions about Lavardin's (and Chabrol's?) own personal morality. That, coupled with Lavardin's somewhat brutal technique from extracting truth from the witnesses and suspects, can only serve to undermine his position as the good guy in any subsequent film.

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