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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The psychological techniques of the Chief Inspector Palouzi(Richard Berry)and his sometimes cruel, but equally compassionate portrayal of a decent human being, "just doing his job" was quite well done--Hat's off to Bob Swain--Chicago's own! Berry-himself of French-Algerian decent, is very smooth; and his mature attitude--not arrogance--is what pulls him though. The Acting by Nathalie Baye and the late Philippe Leotard was also excellent. Some of the chases and Arrests were Hokey-but, the Overwhelming theme here is the true devotion of a Woman(Baye) to her Man(Leotard). We need more stories about devotion to People, rather than Devotion to careers or even countries-- No displaced loyalties here--Baye's acting was superb, and I am married to a very devoted woman, so I identify with her loyalty to "Dede"!
Does anyone Know what Richard Barry(Benguigui) is doing these days? He is a fine actor. Bon Chance to all! Try and see this one, if you haven't already seen it.