A hard-bitten expose of the volatile Parisian criminal underworld, starring Gerard Depardieu as a brawny, animalistic cop who crosses over to the other side of the law when it suits him.
The film opens with a long, purposely tedious interrogation scene as Mangin (Depardieu) plays a game of cat-and-mouse with a nervous North African drug dealer. Mangin follows his leads to drug dealer Simon (Jonathan Leina), a Tunisian who has come to Paris with his many brothers and his
streetwise, sensual teenage sister Noria (Sophie Marceau). Mangin nabs them both and throws them into jail. Upon her release, Noria contrives a clever plan to steal a cache of drug money, gradua...
Released:
1984
Rated:
NR
Length:
113 mins