Nicole is a Parisian streetwalker and Dede is her racketeer boyfriend, on the outs with his mob bosses because of a dispute over Nicole. When a police informant ("balance") is murdered, the...
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| Nathalie Baye | ... | Nicole Danet | |
| Philippe Léotard | ... | André Laffont dit Dédé | |
| Richard Berry | ... | L'inspecteur Mathias Palouzi | |
| Maurice Ronet | ... | Roger Massina | |
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Bernard Freyd | ... | Le Capitaine |
| Christophe Malavoy | ... | Tintin | |
| Jean-Paul Comart | ... | Le Belge (as Jean-Paul Connart) | |
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Albert Dray | ... | Carlini |
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Florent Pagny | ... | Simoni |
| Tchéky Karyo | ... | Petrovic (as Tcheky Karyo) | |
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Raouf Ben Yaghlane | ... | Djerbi |
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Galia Salimo | ... | Sabrina - la prostituée (as Galia Dujardin) |
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Sam Karmann | ... | Paulo Sanchez |
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Robert Atlan | ... | Ayouche |
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Luc-Antoine Diquéro | ... | Picard |
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Nicole is a Parisian streetwalker and Dede is her racketeer boyfriend, on the outs with his mob bosses because of a dispute over Nicole. When a police informant ("balance") is murdered, the cops have to scramble for a replacement. Deciding on Dede, they begin to put a nasty squeeze on him and Nicole. Written by Paul Berk <pbnyc@compuserve.com>
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10 November 1982 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Maybe I was a bit young (15 I think) when I first saw this, in a french cinema without subtitles so I didn't even understand that much - but it left a strong impression and when I rewatched it a few years later with a more critical eye, it was still a very strong movie. There are more violent thrillers out there, but in the case of "La Balance", it's unsettling because you care for those people. I guess it's got something to do with the cast, it's a bunch of character faces you won't forget, especially Philippe Léotard. So, in contrast to many other thrillers, the violence in "La Balance" is never fun to watch - those are scenes where you'd like to close your eyes (which is the best way to portrait violence, in my opinion, if you don't happen to make an action comedy). Highly recommended!