Two policewomen from Internal Affairs arrive in a provincial precinct to investigate the death of an Algerian woman who was an informer. One punches, the other eyes, tip top.
Acting
Huppert and Kiberlain's absurdly committed odd-couple chemistry
Direction
Bozon's deadpan genre mashup that shouldn't work but does
Writing
Dialogue so stilted it becomes brilliant satire
Director
Serge Bozon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bozon loosely adapted this from a Bill James novel, keeping the procedural structure but injecting his own surrealist French sensibility.
The film deliberately mirrors France's real blind spots around immigration and police conduct, using comedy to smuggle critique past viewers.
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