Police (1985)

Name: Police
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1985-09-04
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina, Pascale Rocard, Sandrine Bonnaire

Police (1985), directed by Maurice Pialat, starring Gérard Depardieu and Sophie Marceau.

09/04/1985 BR Crime and Drama 1h 53m

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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?

Luciano TovoliCinematography
Maurice PialatDirector, Screenplay
Yann DedetEditing
Emmanuel SchlumbergerProducer

About the film

Police is a 1985 French neo noir crime drama film directed by Maurice Pialat and starring Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, and Sandrine Bonnaire. Written by Catherine Breillat, the film is about a moody, jaded police detective investigating a drug ring who falls for a mysterious woman and is drawn into a shady and dangerous scheme. The film had 1,830,970 admissions in France.

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Plot

In the Belleville district of Paris, the widowed Mangin is a cynical and tough police detective working to smash a drug ring of Tunisian brothers. He arrests and brutally interrogates Noria, the girlfriend of one of the gang who is in jail. Though she gives him no useful information, her beauty and her tears touch his heart. She agrees to go with him in a foursome to a disco.

When another gang member is in hospital with knife wounds, he gives Noria the key to his hideout. There she finds a bag of money and heroin, which she removes. When the remaining gang members put heavy pressure on Noria, who denies all knowledge of the theft, she offers herself to Mangin. He is happy to accept her as a lover, even a partner, but says she will not live long if she does not give back the cash and the drugs.

She fetches the bag for Mangin, who takes it to the bar where the Tunisians hang out. They are delighted, promising to help him in return. Though he has done this to save Noria's life, and has declared his love for her, she leaves him.

Cast

Gérard Depardieu as Louis Vincent Mangin

Sophie Marceau as Noria

Richard Anconina as Lambert

Pascale Rocard as Marie Vedret

Sandrine Bonnaire as Lydie

Frank Karoui as René

Jonathan Leïna as Simon

Jacques Mathou as Gauthier

Bernard Fuzellier as Nez cassé

Bentahar Meaachou as Claude

Yann Dedet as Dédé

Artus de Penguern as Inspector

Production

In 2023, Sophie Marceau talked about Gérard Depardieu's "inadmissible" behavior during filming. In a scene in bed, for example, Depardieu went much further, placing his hands on the actress under the sheets.

Reception

Richard Brody of The New Yorker magazine called the re-release of the film as "Astringently naturalistic drama."

Accolades

The film was nominated for a César for Best Editing in 1986, as well as a Best Actor nomination for Depardieu. Depardieu also won the Award for Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival in 1985 for his performance of the conflicted Mangin.

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External links

Police at IMDb

Text from Police (1985 film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_(1985_film)

Trivia

It premiered on September 4, 1985, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h53 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 10 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosGaumont, TF1 Films Production
CountriesFrance
LanguagesFrench
StatusReleased

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Luciano Tovoli Cinematography
Maurice Pialat Director
Yann Dedet Editing
Emmanuel Schlumberger Producer
Catherine Breillat Screenplay
Jacques Fieschi Screenplay
Maurice Pialat Screenplay
Richard Debuisne Screenplay
Sylvie Pialat Screenplay

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What is Police about?

Police: 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 …

Who directed Police?

Police was directed by Maurice Pialat in 1985.

Who stars in Police?

The cast of Police includes Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina, Pascale Rocard and Sandrine Bonnaire.

How long is Police?

Police runs for 113 minutes, or 1h53.