A cop investigates whether the man convicted of murdering his daughter is really guilty.
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Title: Counter Investigation (2007)
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| Jean Dujardin | ... | Richard Malinowski | |
| Laurent Lucas | ... | Daniel Eckmann | |
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Agnès Blanchot | ... | Claire Malinowski |
| Aurélien Recoing | ... | Josse | |
| Jacques Frantz | ... | Michel Arnalde | |
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Jean-François Garreaud | ... | Salinas |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel | ... | Le docteur Delmas | |
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Alexandra Goncalvez | ... | Emilie Malinowski |
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Claudine Vincent | ... | Catherine Courrieux |
| Caroline Santini | ... | Christiane Carlier | |
| Marie Guillard | ... | Mathilde Josse | |
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Gabriel Mancuso | ... | Gabriel Josse |
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Thierry Bosc | ... | Albin Schneider |
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Jean-Pierre Germain | ... | Jean-François Perrin |
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Benjamin Guyot | ... | Lebars |
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Richard is a typical cop who spends too much time on the job and isn't always there for his family. One day as he's preparing to spend some quality time with his young daughter he gets an urgent call and responds to it - when he returns home his daughter is missing, but her body is quickly discovered. Racked with guilt he is also filled with hatred for the man arrested for the crime, but after being sent to prison the convict eventually manages to lure Richard into a secret correspondence. Doubts begin to surface - was he really the guilty man, or could this have been work of another serial child abductor who may have been in the area? Richard launches his own investigation, and finally uncovers a new witness. Gritty detective thriller. Written by Graham Inglis
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FrenchRelease Date:
7 March 2007 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Contragolpe See more »Filming Locations:
Saint-Gratien, Val-d'Oise, FranceEdit
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EUR7,600,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$6,182, 2 March 2008Gross USA:
$11,846Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$8,029,345Company Credits
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Through persistent correspondence over the course of three years and new elements in his possession, police captain Malinowski starts to doubt the man convicted for his 10 year old daughter's rape and murder is actually guilty and starts a counter-investigation on his own.
Written and directed by ex-cop Franck Mancuso (also co-writer of the great 36 Quai Des Orfèvres), Contre-Enquête is a very good, well-made film, certainly the best French crime film of 2007 out of those I've seen so far (which include Le Deuxième Soufflé, Chrysalis and ex-top spot holder Pars Vite Et Reviens Tard). So-hot-right-now Jean Dujardin is very good in his first truly serious role I've seen, and the rest of the cast do a good job as well, especially Laurent Lucas as Daniel Eckmann, the convict. The script, based on a short story by Lawrence Block (screenwriter of Wong Kar-Wai's English-language effort My Blueberry Nights) is greatly written and keeps the suspense going and the viewer wondering until the very end. Good crime thriller, check it out if you have the chance.