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Police

6.0 / 10 1985 1h 53mNR French
DramaCrime

Storyline

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?

Cast & Crew

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu

Louis Vincent Mangin

Lead
Sophie Marceau

Sophie Marceau

Noria

Richard Anconina

Richard Anconina

Lambert

Pascale Rocard

Pascale Rocard

Marie Vedret

Sandrine Bonnaire

Sandrine Bonnaire

Lydie

Jacques Mathou

Jacques Mathou

Gauthier

Yann Dedet

Yann Dedet

Dédé

FK

Frank Karaoui

Rene

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Maurice Pialat's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Police is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker