36th Precinct (2004) 36 Quai des Orfèvres (original title)

Director:

Olivier Marchal

Writers:

Olivier Marchal (original scenario) and
Franck Mancuso (original scenario) ...
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Release Date:

24 November 2004 (France)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

In the underbelly of the Parisian criminal world, the Police are frustrated by a gang committing a series of violent robberies...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Gang | Falling From Height | Exploding Truck | Shot In The Forehead

Awards:

9 nominations

Cast

Daniel Auteuil	...	Léo Vrinks
Gérard Depardieu	...	Denis Klein
André Dussollier	...	Robert Mancini
Roschdy Zem	...	Hugo Silien
Valeria Golino	...	Camille Vrinks (as Valéria Golino)
Daniel Duval	...	Eddy Valence
Francis Renaud	...	Titi Brasseur
Catherine Marchal	...	Ève Verhagen
Guy Lecluyse	...	Groluc
Alain Figlarz	...	Francis Horn
Vincent Moscato	...	Jenner
Anne Consigny	...	Hélène Klein
Stéphane Metzger	...	Smao
Solène Biasch	...	Lola Vrinks (11 ans)
Aurore Auteuil	...	Lola Vrinks (17 ans)
Denis Sylvain	...	Le préfet de police
Eric Defosse	...	Rolf Winterstein
Ivan Franek	...	Bruno Winterstein
Laurent Olmedo	...	Tony Vargas
Christophe Rouzaud	...	Staneck
Frédéric Maranber	...	Le juge Rousseau
Patrick Médioni	...	Robert Boulanger (as Patrick Medioni)
Serge Beuchat	...	Daniel Seurat
Thierry Guerrib	...	Saïd Attia
Cyrille Hertel	...	Jamel Attia
Stéphane Orsolani	...	Saïd Chenaf (as Stéphan Orsolani)
Anna D'Annunzio	...	Florence Belkrim
Ludovic Berthillot	...	Nounours
Jo Prestia	...	Victor Dragan
Olivier Marchal	...	Christo
Jean-Louis Bihoreau	...	Père de Camille
Mylène Jampanoï	...	Jade
Christian Geffroy	...	Fonctionnaire FBS
Philippe Chaubet	...	Gendarme cimetière
Christine Chansou	...	Interne hôpital
Stéphanie Coubard	...	Anne Valence
Mylène Demongeot	...	Manou Berliner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lexie Kendrick	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Vincent Bowen	...	(uncredited)
Robert Hoehn	...	Titi Brasseur (voice) (uncredited)
Martial Odone	...	Videur au club (uncredited)
Mickaël Sabah	...	Figurant flic (uncredited)

Directed by
Olivier Marchal

Writing credits
Olivier Marchal		(original scenario) and
Franck Mancuso		(original scenario) and
Julien Rappeneau		(original scenario)
Dominique Loiseau		(scenario collaborator)
Olivier Marchal		(adaptation and dialogue)
Olivier Marchal		scenario

Produced by
Grégory Barrey	....	assistant producer
Franck Chorot	....	producer
Cyril Colbeau-Justin	....	producer
Hugues Darmois	....	executive producer
Jean-Baptiste Dupont	....	producer

Original Music by
Erwann Kermorvant
Axelle Renoir

Cinematography by
Denis Rouden

Film Editing by
Hugues Darmois		(as Hachdé)

Casting by
Olivier Carbone

Production Design by
Ambre Fernandez

Costume Design by
Nathalie du Roscoat

Makeup Department
Laurent Bozzi	....	hair stylist
Turid Follvick	....	key makeup artist (as Turid Follvik)
Alexis Kinebanyan	....	special makeup effects artist
Joël Lavau	....	key makeup artist
Benoît Lestang	....	special makeup effects artist
Juliette Martin	....	hair stylist
Françoise Quilichini	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Adrien Adriaco	....	assistant unit manager
Martin Allegaree	....	unit manager trainee
Xavier Amblard	....	production manager
Gregory Bruneau	....	assistant unit manager
Thomine de Pins	....	unit manager trainee
Sébastien Delepine	....	unit manager trainee
Nathalie Hoang Dac Huong	....	unit manager trainee
Guinal Riou	....	assistant unit manager
Grégory Valais	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vanessa Djian	....	second assistant director
Clementine Galey	....	additional assistant director
Jean-Luc Mathieu	....	first assistant director
Andreas Meszaros	....	first assistant director
Frédéric Tellier	....	second unit director

Art Department
Didier Beauland	....	carpenter
Jean Castelnau	....	first assistant decorator
Fabrice Champion	....	props
Guy Chouard	....	painter
Olivier Crespin	....	property master
Acacio Francisco	....	painter
Olivier Guerlot	....	carpenter
Jérôme Hayot	....	painter
Karine Huguet	....	second assistant decorator
Christophe Le Corre	....	carpenter
Eric Lussaud	....	carpenter
Vincent Maroutian	....	painter
Laurent Micheletti	....	painter
Boris Piot	....	set dresser
Enrico Pittiglio	....	key painter
Francois Poublan	....	assistant property master
Jean-François Sega	....	key carpenter
Annabelle Tissot	....	assistant set dresser
Didier Touvais	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Annabel Callard	....	post-synchronisation
Boris Chapelle	....	dialog editor
Fabien Devillers	....	sound re-recording mixer: promoreel Cannes
Roman Dymny	....	assistant sound editor
Eric Ferret	....	foley engineer
Judith Guittier	....	assistant foley artist
Sylvain Lasseur	....	sound editor
Alexis Leverve	....	additional sound mixer
Alain Lévy	....	post-synchronisation
Laurent Lévy	....	foley artist
Françoise Maulny	....	post-synchronisation (as Françoise Maulny-Levy)
François Maurel	....	sound
Pierre Mertens	....	sound
Michel Monier	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Johann Nallet	....	sound recordist
Pierre Picq	....	boom operator
Joël Rangon	....	sound mixer
Jean-Alexandre Villemer	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Olivier Camus	....	special effects
Franck Delamotte	....	special effects
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects
Michel Gery	....	special effects
Daniel Lenoir	....	special effects
François Philippi	....	special effects
Jonathan Zenenski	....	special effects
Olivier Zenenski	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Benjamin Ageorges	....	digital compositor
Stephane Bidault	....	visual effects supervisor
Christophe Chanvin	....	artistic director
Nicolas Delbecq	....	digital artist
Chateau Julien	....	digital artist (as Julien Chateau)
Christophe Keichinger	....	scanning and recording
Jean-Antoine Lacolle	....	Flame artist
Mourad Rennou	....	scanning and recording
Gérard Soirant	....	scanning and recording
Christian Tomikowski	....	Flame artist (as Kristian Tomikowski)
Matthias Weber	....	visual effects producer

Stunts
Laurent Alexandre	....	stunts
Virginie Arnaud	....	stunts
Malki Attar	....	stunts
Jean-Marc Bellu	....	stunts
Affif Ben Badra	....	stunts (as Afif Ben Badra)
Jean-Claude Braquet	....	stunts
Julien Cicil	....	stunts (as Julien Cicile)
Oumar Diaoure	....	stunts
Alain Figlarz	....	stunts
David Forax	....	stunts
Areski Garidel	....	stunts
David Genty	....	stunts
Cyrille Hertel	....	stunts
Karim Hocini	....	stunts
Jean-Claude Lagniez	....	stunt coordinator
Sébastien Lagniez	....	stunt double
Emmanuel Lanzi	....	stunts
Franck Merenda	....	stunts
Jean-Marie Paris	....	stunts
Pascal Riccieri	....	stunts
Pierre Rousselle	....	stunts
Ludo Silemetzoglou	....	stunts
Romain Iannetta	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Christophe Allain	....	additional second assistant camera
Didier Bourel	....	electrician
Juliette Castanier	....	camera loader
Pierre Chevrin	....	additional first assistant camera
Bruno Durand	....	key grip
David Frak-Lauer	....	assistant camera
Eric Garzena	....	electrician
Pascal Ghristi	....	grip
Antoine Gueugneau	....	additional first assistant camera
Olivier Joudiau	....	grip
Maurice Lampoule	....	electrician
Olivier Mandrin	....	gaffer
Brice Martenet-Cuidet	....	grip
Romain Martenet-Cuidet	....	grip
Khalid Meziane	....	electrician
Denis Paillieux	....	electrician
Clovis Perruchon	....	grip
Marie-Laure Prost	....	focus puller
Jérôme Prébois	....	still photographer
Michel Rodas	....	camera operator
Julien Tabary	....	electrician
Cécile Vuaillat	....	video assist operator

Casting Department
Alain Astresse	....	extras casting assistant
Célina Blanc	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marie-José Alvarez	....	costumer
Eric Bigot	....	wardrobe
Marine Chauveau	....	costumer
Véronique Euse	....	additional costumer
Tess Hammami	....	set costumer
Janet Latimer	....	additional costumer
Valérie Le Hello	....	costumer
Tess	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Vanessa Basté	....	contributing editor
Brigitte Chanteloube	....	assistant editor
Jean Durand	....	color timer

Music Department
Simon Cloquet	....	conductor (as Simon Cloquet-Lafollye)
Bruno Ehlinger	....	music mixer
Erwann Kermorvant	....	orchestrator
Jean Louis Pierot	....	orchestrator: Axelle Renoir

Other crew
Patrick Boshart	....	location scout
Rachel Corlet-Soulier	....	script supervisor
Charlotte Demanie	....	assistant script supervisor
Hakim Falek	....	assistant: Mr Auteuil
Claire Gadea	....	production secretary
Jean-Marc Homand	....	production administrator
John Kaylin	....	dubbing producer
Jean-Claude Lecoq	....	armorer
Marc Leroyer	....	armorer
Stephane Lieser	....	lawyer
Robert Paturel	....	technical adviser
Fabien Pondevaux	....	location scout
Armand Rivas	....	armorer
Gaëlle-Anne Salin	....	assistant production administrator (as Gaëlle-Anne Salin-Montagne)
Nicolas Sislian	....	armorer

Thanks
Catherine Samie	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Gaumont International (as Gaumont)
• LGM Productions (as LGM Cinéma)
• TF1 Films Production
• KL Productions
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Uni Etoile 2 (in association with)

Distributors

• Gaumont (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Gaumont DVD (2005) (France) (DVD)
• Gaumont Blu-ray Disc (2009) (France) (DVD) (blu-ray)
• Alfa Films (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Bioscop (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Festive Films (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2006) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Tartan (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Asmik Ace Entertainment (2006) (Japan) (all media)
• Califórnia Home Vídeo (2005) (Brazil) (all media)
• Gaumont International (2004) (worldwide) (all media)
• Kairos (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• Medusa Distribuzione (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• Nordisk Film (2006) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Orlando Films (2005) (Israel) (all media)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Palisades Tartan (2004) (USA) (all media)
• Palisades-Tartan Acquisitions (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Paradise Group (2005) (Russia) (all media)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• AutreChose

Other Companies

• Airstar  lighting balloons
• Cinecascade  vehicle stunts
• Panavision Alga  camera equipment provided by
• Paris Philharmonique Orchestra  music performed by
• Transpalux  electrical equipment

Also Known As:

"36 Quai des Orfèvres" - France (original title)
"36" - UK, USA (festival title)

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Czech Republic:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Australia:MA | Singapore:NC-16 | Taiwan:R-12 | Argentina:16 | UK:15 | Germany:16 | Finland:K-15 | Sweden:11 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | New Zealand:R16 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Gaumont International

Trivia:

Visa d'exploitation en France: #104874.

Movie Connections:

Remade as 36 (????)

Soundtrack:

Don't Bring Me Down

Polar Bears

Cop turned director is a new one on me but there's always a first time I guess. One thing's sure Marchal has a lot of balls in titling his film as he has and so inviting direct comparison with the only other film to employ as its title the address of the Police headquarters in Paris, Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1947 classic called simply Quai des orfevres without the number which is superfluous. Clouzot's movie is well over 50 years old and featured a more sedate form of detection - Louis Jouvet was not exactly Monsieur Hard Man and, like the man said, the times they are a changing. Marchal, who began taking acting lessons when he was still a cop (so that's how they perfect the good cop/bad cop routine) and went on to play in several TV crime series, has based his story on a real situation, the internicine rivalry in the eighties between the BRI and the BRB, both working out of the Quai. Co-scriptwriter Dominique Loiseau was a player and this is partly his story. The film is dominated by two lions in winter, Gerard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil recalling Duke Wayne and Bob Mitchum in El Dorado, two ageing pros if not yet over the hill certainly at the summit, so these two craggy bears, polar bears if you will, polar being the French name for gangster/caper/crime films, light up the screen no question about it as the respective heads of the BRB (Brigade de Repression du Banditisme, that's Major Heists to you and me) and BRI (Brigade de Recherche et d'Intervention (we're Gangbusters, Man). There's a history between these two, we're never QUITE told the full story which is a masterstroke, but it involves Vrink's (Auteuil) wife, who may have once been Klein's (Depardieu) girl. To sweeten the pot Mancini (Andre Dussollier) head honcho announces his retirement leaving his job up for grabs; both are equally qualified but it's an open secret that the first guy to nail a particularly violent gang will become the new chief. Auteuil is our Dirty Harry kind of cop, often worse than the villains he's after but he DOES usually get them in the end, Depardieu is a tad choosier but not TOO good to live. To say more wouldn't really add much, I found myself a little intrigued by the long, black leather coats worn by both Brigades, resembling nothing so much as the outfit of choice of the Stasi in East Germany and I HOPE this is an oblique comment on the fact that (England at least) is slowly becoming a Police state. All in all an enjoyable romp and well worth 8 stars.