Movielogr
Police (1985)
Directed by Maurice Pialat
Overview
Mangin, a police inspector in Paris, leans hard on informants to get evidence on three Tunisian brothers who traffic in drugs. He arrests one, Simon, and his girl-friend Noria. Simon’s brothers go to their lawyer. He springs Noria, who promptly steals 2 million francs that belong to the Tunisians. They suspect her of the theft; her life as well as the lawyer’s is in danger. Meanwhile, Noria is playing with both the lawyer and Mangin’s affections. Mangin is mercurial anyway: intimidating and bloodying suspects, falling for a police commission trainee before flipping for Noria, wearing his emotions on his sleeve. Can he save the lawyer and Noria, and can he convince her to love?
Length 113 minutes
Actors
Gérard Depardieu | Sophie Marceau | Richard Anconina | Pascale Rocard | Sandrine Bonnaire | Frank Karaoui | Jonathan Leïna | Jacques Mathou | Bernard Fuzellier | Bentahar Meaachou