Police Page #4

Synopsis: Mangin, a police inspector in Paris, leans hard on informants to get evidence on three Tunisian brothers who traffic in drugs. He arrests one, Simon, and his girl-friend Noria. Simon's brothers go to their lawyer. He springs Noria, who promptly steals 2 million francs that belong to the Tunisians. They suspect her of the theft; her life as well as the lawyer's is in danger. Meanwhile, Noria is playing with both the lawyer and Mangin's affections. Mangin is mercurial anyway: intimidating and bloodying suspects, falling for a police commission trainee before flipping for Noria, wearing his emotions on his sleeve. Can he save the lawyer and Noria, and can he convince her to love?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Maurice Pialat
Production: Eureka Entertainment Ltd
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Year:
1985
113 min
127 Views


and identified you.

What old lady?

The one whose finger you cut off!

- You crazy?

- She identified you!

Who did?

I never hurt no old lady.

- You cut off her finger!

- I never cut off no finger!

Unbelievable!

To get the combination

to her safe!

What safe? What finger?

This is a farce!

It's no farce. Tell the truth.

What truth?

The safe, a**hole!

I don't even know

what you're talking about!

"A thought for my daughter".

You think of her

when you cut off fingers?

You can be bad

and have a heart too.

I don't like creeps like you!

My shirt! Sh*t!

Look at it!

Guy messes up the whole joint!

He's a f***in' blood bank!

Deal with that goddam killer!

- What a mess!

- Scum!

- What's going on?

- Nothing. I got a spare shirt.

Don't go.

Come hold my cock while I piss!

- Easy!

- Excuse me.

What are you doing?

- Don't talk to me like that!

- Cos you're a superintendent?

No, show some manners!

I'm edgy!

Get in there!

Mangin, what's going on?

Nothing, he bumped into the desk.

Stop by my office

and report to me.

- Yes, Chief.

- I don't like that!

- You recognized your voice!

- It's not me!

"It's not me".

Who answers the phone? Aicha?

We found this key at your place.

Recognize it?

Look, is it yours or Simon's?

It's not mine.

Not yours!

This is Raoul Bensimi's statement

on the phone conversation.

I don't know him. He's lying.

Only I answer my phone.

Hey!

Pick that up!

So this conversation

was never recorded?

It doesn't exist!

Tell him to take a train or

I'll take it elsewhere. Tell him!

I can't wait all evening for him.

I'm going out!

He won't supply me?

Why wouldn't he?

We owe $50,000...

- $50,000!

- That's not me, goddammit!

I don't know.

You tried calling him at Ren's?

- No.

- Then try!

I'll try calling Ren's...

At Ren's!

That was never recorded! Never!

Right, then.

Know what'll happen to you?

I'll have you arraigned

in Marseille. A shame.

He lectures me, too!

And she answers back!

Come along.

Let go.

You sure can raise a glass!

Tell him why

you were operated on.

They took everything out of me.

- 6 hours on the operating table.

- How come?

- I felt lousy.

- It was the liquor!

Cut it out!

- Sure it is!

- You're a walking corpse!

I still eat and drink as much!

A walking corpse!

Were you in Indochina?

You didn't drink water there!

What's that?

Bursting blood vessels!

- Wanna play with your baboons?

- F*** off!

No, he's mad...

back in the rice paddies...

- Here's a nut for you!

- Cut it out!

- What d'you know about rice paddies?

- Everything!

I had a pal

in the Foreign Legion...

He really knew the rice paddies.

Got decorated posthumously...

I remember as a kid,

in a bar...

The guy used to talk bottles...

not much left of him...

He spoke to bottles... he'd see

them and say... grenadine... Bam!

See the grenade... peppermint...

rice paddies... Viets...

You see that guy

had really lived it...

Me too.

I'm not so sure.

Hey, Louati, are you off?

Louati, are you off?

Hey, you owe me money.

- You make any money?

- Piss off!

- We were OK. If only you'd shut up.

- I wanted the girl, that's all.

Here 3... 4... 5...

OK, that'll do.

I liked that chick...

It could've meant trouble...

Dirty f***er!

The bastard's armed, watch out!

He's had it...

Let's see to Claude!

Get him in the car, quick.

Careful, he's hurt...

Take it easy... There...

Right, jump in.

My file's up to date now.

That calls for a drink.

Let's go to Ren's.

The guy who gave us a statement.

You eavesdropping, LSD?

We're talking business.

He's got a couple of chicks

lined up for us.

- Mr Mangin?

- I'm busy.

It's Police HQ.

The brass band! Mangin here.

Where? That interests me.

I'm on my way.

- Where are the Shock Troops?

- You sent them away.

- We're here.

- I thought you were in a bar.

A guy just got knifed

in the rue Chabrier. Let's go.

What about Dd?

We'll get to him later.

It's on the way.

All aboard!

Move it!

- They messed you up good!

- They're rotten!

Dirty creep!

Sweet dreams!

I'd better catch a plane

back to Marseille.

- This'll only take an hour.

- No, it'll screw things up.

- That's too bad. Call me.

- In 2 days!

The ambulance is already here.

You just missed a corpse.

Do we question them?

Certainly not. Never in public.

We don't need to. We get info

without asking. What happened?

We got a call about a shoot-out.

No one saw a thing.

But we found an Arab

all sliced up.

Is he dead?

It'll be a miracle if he survives.

It suits me fine

if they knock each other off.

Let's follow 'em.

Hi... Dd beat you up again?

He'd blown his gambling wad!

He blows money

and she blows guys!

You two men are so tasteful!

If he messes up my face,

how will I make a living?

If he'd hit me cop-style,

where it doesn't show...

I have regular customers.

I'm no street girl.

- You'll get used to it.

- Money's lousy!

Where's Dd? I don't wanna

freeze my balls all night.

He's upstairs... Where else!

- Give me the keys.

- He's got 'em.

- He's holed up in my place.

- Oh, it's your place?

I pay for it. It's in my name.

Let's go.

With her?

What if there's trouble?

Don't make a big thing...

We'll just run him in.

Punks like him give us

the hardest time.

So what? Don't be a drag.

Dd's yellow.

He only beats up women.

That's just it.

Gimme a break! You stay here.

You'd better come with me...

Over there.

Catch up with you later.

It's best if he doesn't see you.

Here he is.

- I just got out of jail!

- You went back to pimping!

I wrecked my foot kicking in

the door! We found 40 grams.

That's his stuff, not mine!

Who needs 40 grams!

We can book you any day for pimping.

That's a lesser charge.

I don't care about charges.

My job's running 'em in.

Wouldn't you like

a nice little one like that?

If I did, I'd wear one!

Then stick around.

Take him away!

So stick around and hustle!

- Stick around.

- Leave me alone!

What are you doing there?

Police.

Let's see your license

and registration.

Are you crazy?

Mangin, he just belted me!

Don't we arrest him?

No, we don't arrest him.

Get in...

No, we don't.

Nice place for a cop.

You got money?

Had it redone. Cost a fortune.

I paid in cash.

You're lucky, they just finished.

I really like it.

You're shy for a hooker.

Wait and see!

You got kids?

- Yeah, two.

- How old are they?

One's 15 and the other's 10.

That where you slept

with your old lady?

But the bed was the other way round.

That's not where she died.

Now it's my eider's.

She's away at school.

Nice rooms.

Cost me a fortune.

See that? A fortune!

- You're really gentle...

- Still waters run deep.

Wait till the beast in me stirs!

Like the shy hooker!

Can I take a shower?

Look, it's a great shower.

Cost me a fortune.

Watch out, the water's boiling!

- Where do you sleep?

- There.

There?

It's better there

when you're alone.

When my mom was in a lousy mood

she'd say:

"If I had to do it again,

I'd be a hooker. "

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Catherine Breillat

Catherine Breillat (French; born 13 July 1948) is a French filmmaker, novelist and professor of auteur cinema at the European Graduate School. In the film business for over 40 years, Catherine Breillat chooses to normalize previously taboo subjects in cinema. Taking advantage of the medium of cinema, Breillat juxtaposes different perspectives to highlight irony found in society. Through film, she attempts to redefine the female narrative in cinema by showing female characters who undergo similar experiences as their male counterparts. Many of Breillat's films explore the transition between girlhood and adulthood. The females of her films attempt to escape their adolescence by seeking individuality. There is an unsaid silence in society for girls to hide their sexuality and desires unless directly confronted about them. Breillat offers a platform to discuss female pleasure and sexual responsibility by exposing social and sexual conflicts in her films' themes. more…

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