Police (1985 film)
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| Directed by | Maurice Pialat |
| Produced by | Emmanuel Schlumberger |
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| Story by | Catherine Breillat |
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Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki (Symphonie N° 3) Sung by Stefania Woytowicz Symphonie Orchester der Südwestfunk conducted by Ernest Bour |
| Cinematography | Luciano Tovoli |
| Edited by | Yann Dedet |
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| Distributed by | Gaumont |
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114 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Police is a 1985 French romantic 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.
When Mangin, a jaded French police inspector (Depardieu), starts to investigate a Tunisian drug ring, he finds his morals being clouded by his interactions with the criminals and especially Noria (Marceau), the girlfriend of one of them.
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 Best Actor award from the Venice Film Festival in 1985 for his performance of the conflicted Mangin.
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