Longtime friends Guarrigue and Sénanques own a successful law practice in Paris. The dreaded businessman Pervillard is one of their clients. One night, Sénanques, who is in an unhappy relationship, meets Sacha. For her sake, he causes a political scandal involving Pervillard and puts himself in danger.
Acting
Depardieu's sweaty desperation versus Baye's cool composure.
Cinematography
Paris at night looking impossibly glossy and treacherous.
Director
Philippe Labro
Gérard Depardieu
Paul Senanques
Nathalie Baye
Sacha Vernakis
Carole Bouquet
Babée Senanques
Bernard Fresson
"President" Pervillard
Jacques Weber
Guarrigue
Charlotte de Turckheim
Catherine
Catherine Mongodin
Marie-Claude
François Bernheim
Landau
Jacques Boudet
Minister
Marcel Bozonnet
Michel Monblanc
Daniel Colas
Franchet
Marc de Jonge
Jaffré
Philippe Laudenbach
Host
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Labro was a renowned journalist before directing; the political scandal details come from real '70s French corruption cases he covered.
The title references the class divide between bourgeois Left Bank and bourgeois Right Bank — everyone here is wealthy, but some are more respectable than others.
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