Polar (1984)
This film noir tends to stay within very conventional plot lines, as the narration by the main protagonist, private detective Eugene Tarpon Jean-François Balmer, recites a dreary litany of how he wanted to chuck his profession until an attractive woman shows up asking him to investigate the murder of her roommate, a porno star. Soon Tarpon is up to his neck in trouble: the police, gangsters, and the victim's lover are all out to get him.
Director: Jacques Bral
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Jean-François Balmer as Eugène Tarpon |
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Sandra Montaigu as Charlotte Le Dantex |
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Pierre Santini as Coccioli |
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Roland Dubillard as Jean-Baptiste Haymann |
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Claude Chabrol as Théodore Lyssenko |
| Writing | Jean-Patrick Manchette | Novel |
| Writing | Jacques Bral | Writer |
| Directing | Jacques Bral | Director |