Zaman

Name: Zaman
Genre: Crime
Released: 1983-04-21
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Marc Janssen, Herbert Flack, Gerda Lindekens

1983
1h 30m

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6.7/10

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Crime

An undercover inspector of the Antwerp criminal investigation unit faces problems not only in his professional life, but also at home. When he is partnered with a young, over-confident colle... Read allAn undercover inspector of the Antwerp criminal investigation unit faces problems not only in his professional life, but also at home. When he is partnered with a young, over-confident colleague, he loses control over the case in hand, a situation that further takes its toll on h... Read allAn undercover inspector of the Antwerp criminal investigation unit faces problems not only in his professional life, but also at home. When he is partnered with a young, over-confident colleague, he loses control over the case in hand, a situation that further takes its toll on his marriage. He's forced to ask himself whether his job is an addiction, a hunt for people... Read all

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Quotes
Frank: What's your first name anyway?
Zaman: Hervé
Frank: Then I shall keep you calling Zaman I guess.

Crazy credits
At the end of the movie Zaman runs into the office of the bad guy Collas who gets protection from powerful people of the city council to do his dirty businesses. When the door closes the screen turns black and 'The End' appears, directly followed by the line 'of a career at the police force'.

Connections
Referenced in The Memory of a Killer (2003)

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8/10

'Tranche-de Vie' Cinema

This is an excellent film. It tells the typical story of a non-conformist city-( Antwerp)-police-detective worn out by the city and his job and having to team up with a young flash new partner from the province.Of course he has to have trouble in his private life as well... A cliché, yes, but so was Maigret, and you never tire of him. The beauty of this work lies in the sincerity of the story and its characters. The actors in the film ( with the notable exception of Herbert Flack who is a spectacular ham) are all perfectly credible and speak and act as any real person would. Marc Jansens' performance as the title character is spot on and his understated reading of the role make him a maverick in Belgian movies.

Zaman may not be a Palme d'Or winner but it's a great little film and its influence can be traced in many of Belgian 'tranche-de vie' type TV series and cinema film on cops and crime. (some of the crooks depicted in the film are none too loosely based on real life gangsters).