Police

Typical French Cinema
It's nice to see Depardieu in this kind of role. He struggles between his police ethics and his passion for a drug dealer, played by Sophie Marceau, lovely as usual, but dangerous...? He combines several characters in one, making his personality in the movie very complex. He's obviously a great actor, and he proves it once again in this film. I was not familiar with Maurice Pialat's work, and was very nicely surprised. I liked this one very much. Worth a try if you like French Cinema.

Typical French Cinema
I loved this movie! It is typical French Cinema. Tough (very tough) cop Depardieu slowly falls for lovely drug-dealer Sophie Marceau. Depardieu is a marvel to see, struggling between his work and his feelings for her. Sophie is an excellent cast, combining her "good girl" face with a not-so-good living... Director Maurice Pialat is excellent too. I was not familiar with his work, now I'm looking forward to seeing more of his movies.

Pialat - fantastique
A gritty contemp French drama like no other. Pialat truely brought the cop genre into the modern era, even before the *so called* impromptu realistic portrayal of cop drams such as NYPD blues and so forth. It was the first to use experimental hand held cameras and improv permances by Depadieu and among the excellent cast, a young Sophie Marceau. The tone and rhythm truely sets itself apart from other very high quality European Cinema of the period(mostly historical).

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