A Paris police detective plays rough with a prostitute and her pimp/lover, whom he wants as an informant.
Acting
Nathalie Baye's exhausted resilience steals every scene.
Direction
Swaim makes Pigalle feel claustrophobic and inevitable.
Cinematography
Rain-slicked streets that breathe cigarette smoke.
Director
Bob Swaim
Nathalie Baye
Nicole Danet
Philippe Léotard
Dédé Laffont
Richard Berry
Mathias Palouzi
Maurice Ronet
Roger Massina
Bernard Freyd
Le Capitaine
Christophe Malavoy
Tintin
Jean-Paul Comart
Le Belge
Albert Dray
Carlini
Gérard Baume
Pierre-Marie Escourrou
Sidney Boccara
Jean-Daniel Laval
Guy Dhers
Calemard
Raouf Ben Yaghlane
Djerbi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bob Swaim was American but made the most authentically cynical French crime film of the '80s, influencing later polars like Mesrine.
Nathalie Baye won César Best Actress; she and Léotard reportedly couldn't stand each other, which apparently helped.
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