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Police

  • 1985
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
2.8K
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Police (1985)
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CrimeDramaRomance

A moody, jaded police detective, while investigating a drug ring, falls for a mysterious woman and is drawn into a shady and dangerous scheme.A moody, jaded police detective, while investigating a drug ring, falls for a mysterious woman and is drawn into a shady and dangerous scheme.A moody, jaded police detective, while investigating a drug ring, falls for a mysterious woman and is drawn into a shady and dangerous scheme.

  • Director
    • Maurice Pialat
  • Writers
    • Catherine Breillat
    • Sylvie Pialat
    • Jacques Fieschi
  • Stars
    • Gérard Depardieu
    • Sophie Marceau
    • Richard Anconina
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    2.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Maurice Pialat
    • Writers
      • Catherine Breillat
      • Sylvie Pialat
      • Jacques Fieschi
    • Stars
      • Gérard Depardieu
      • Sophie Marceau
      • Richard Anconina
    • 16User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

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    Trailer [English SUB]
    Trailer 2:32
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    Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau in Police (1985)
    Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau in Police (1985)
    Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau in Police (1985)
    Police (1985)
    Police (1985)
    Police (1985)
    Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau in Police (1985)
    Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, and Richard Anconina in Police (1985)
    Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau in Police (1985)
    Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau in Police (1985)
    Richard Anconina and Sandrine Bonnaire in Police (1985)
    Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau in Police (1985)

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    Gérard Depardieu
    Gérard Depardieu
    • Louis Vincent Mangin
    Sophie Marceau
    Sophie Marceau
    • Noria
    Richard Anconina
    Richard Anconina
    • Lambert
    Pascale Rocard
    • Marie Vedret
    Sandrine Bonnaire
    Sandrine Bonnaire
    • Lydie
    Franck Karoui
    • René
    Jonathan Leïna
    • Simon
    Jacques Mathou
    Jacques Mathou
    • Gauthier
    Bernard Fuzellier
    • Nez Cassé
    Bentahar Meaachou
    • Claude
    • (as Meaachou Bentahar)
    Yann Dedet
    • Dédé
    Mohamed Ayari
    • Momo
    Abdel Kader Touati
    • Maxime
    Jamil Bouarada
    • Jean
    Bechir Idani
    • Barman René
    Sylvain Maupu
    • Clément
    Alain Artur
    • Panzer
    Rémy Carpentier
    • Panzer
    • Director
      • Maurice Pialat
    • Writers
      • Catherine Breillat
      • Sylvie Pialat
      • Jacques Fieschi
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    • Trivia
      Screenwriter Catherine Breillat wrote a novelization of the film at the same time as she wrote the screenplay, which angered director Maurice Pialat, who fired her before changing his mind.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Starry Sky Above Me (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Symphonie n°3
      Musique: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (as Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki)

      Voix: Stefania Woytowicz

      Sinfonie-Orchester des Südwestfunks (as Symphonie Orchester der Südwestfunk)

      dirigé par Ernest Bour

    User reviews16

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    8/10
    An objective appraisal of African Muslim community.
    Police is an objective appraisal of African Muslim community wherein Pialat takes us on a fantastic tour of Parisian drug dealing activities.He has vibrantly portrayed Arab world from an evenhanded French perspective by depicting individuals caught in a vortex of social context.All its characters are so vulnerable that even the slightest fantasy pays a heavy price.Pialat has acquired laudable brilliance from his leading players.Depardieu is exceptionally brilliant in his role as Inspector Mangin.Sophie Marceau is equally impressive in her role as compulsive liar Noria.She has incarnated her role with noteworthy aplomb.Police is a solemn chronicle about the interminable combat involving corrupt people on the one hand and an honest police officer like Mangin on the other hand.Police differs from other films of thriller genre by laying a good deal of emphasis on its protagonists' frame of mind.
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    • FilmCriticLalitRao
    • Mar 27, 2003

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 4, 1985 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Gaumont (France)
    • Languages
      • French
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Der Bulle von Paris
    • Filming locations
      • Rue Riquet, Paris 19, Paris, France(Noria's apartment at N.32, and café where she is arrested)
    • Production companies
      • Gaumont
      • TF1 Films Production
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    • Budget
      • FRF 25,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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