La femme flic

1980
1h 43m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

400

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Drama Thriller

Corinne Levassuer, a Paris police inspector, uncovers some embarrassing evidence during one of her investigations and is transferred to a northern French mining town.Corinne Levassuer, a Paris police inspector, uncovers some embarrassing evidence during one of her investigations and is transferred to a northern French mining town.Corinne Levassuer, a Paris police inspector, uncovers some embarrassing evidence during one of her investigations and is transferred to a northern French mining town.

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6.9/10

400

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Trivia
This film is inspired from actual events that happened in the north of France. Yves Boisset met the actual female cop who was involved in this case, when he was shooting a movie in Thailand.

Goofs
Many soldiers on leave can be seen in uniform at the train station in the North of France. In 1979, a conscript soldier on leave was not authorized to wear his uniform outside the barracks due to the anti-military opinion of the population.

Connections
Referenced in Parole de cinéaste: Yves Boisset: le cinéaste le plus censuré de France (2013)

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Featured review

7/10

Too good for this real world

Inspecteur Levasseur (Miou-Miou) tries too much. When you're doing this job, there's a certain line that you can't cross. Don't put on a fight against the real big guns: powerful businessman with ties to the political world. Inspecteur Levasseur must do her job without entering this inner-sanctum. So when the bad guys are off to do their old tricks again, what does Inspecteur Levasseur do? Does she close her eyes, pretending not to see anything so she can keep her job? Or does she go full steam ahead? Or why not just quit? The decision is all Inspecteur Levasseur to make.

This movie reminds me of Adieu, poulet. Instead of Vergeat, we have here Inspecteur Levasseur, confronted with her destiny. It's truly a genre that was well explored by French cinéastes in the 60's, 70's and 80's.

Miou-Miou is good, if just a bit too stoic.

Out of 100, I gave it 74. That's good for **½ out of ****.

Seen at home, in Toronto, on January 17th, 2004.

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