After serving time for sexual assault, a disgraced cop finds work as a private detective and becomes enmeshed in a bizarre web that includes a gangster and his former girlfriend…the same woman who sent the cop to prison years before.
Acting
Huppert weaponizes vulnerability into something terrifying.
Direction
Pascal's unflinching gaze refuses to let anyone off easy.
Cinematography
Neon-soaked streets that reek of cigarettes and bad decisions.
Director
Christine Pascal
Isabelle Huppert
Aline Kaminker
Richard Berry
Lucien Sabatier
Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Max Halimi
Jean Benguigui
Rony
Clément Harari
Clément Weber
Jean-Claude Leguay
Brunet
Jenny Clève
Madame Beffroit
Jean-Pierre Bagot
Monsieur Beffroit
Jean-Pierre Moulin
Cordet
Madeleine Marie
Gouvernante de Weber
Bérangère Bonvoisin
La femme de Lucien
Mado Maurin
Madame Pasquet
Philippe Fretun
Didier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rare female-directed French noir tackling male sexual violence head-on in 1984.
Hupbert and Berry reunited years later; she allegedly called this her most physically demanding role.
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