Strictement personnel

Strictement personnel (1985)

Thriller

The crimes and tragedies that tear apart one family seem overblown in the telling, yet this psychological drama about the miseries of one French policeman is compelling throughout. Jean (Pierre Arditi) is a cop and also a failed novelist who was abandoned by his father, brother, and sister after his mother died. The trio move to Paris where they set up an art scam that nets them considerable cash -- something Jean begins to figure out when he joins them for a family reunion. Little by little, he learns that his father is an expert forger, his stepmother's art gallery seems to be involved in the scam, his brother is a derelict and into drugs, his stepmother is a hooker in addition to all of this, and his sister runs an exercise gym for keeping prostitutes in shape. Things get worse -- just when everything seems bad enough, the stepmother is murdered and it is up to Jean to find the killer.

Director: Pierre Jolivet

Casts

	Pierre Arditi as Jean Cottard
	Jacques Penot as Benoît
	Caroline Chaniolleau as Hélène
	Robert Rimbaud as Le père
	Jean Reno as Le détective Villechaize
	Maurice Baquet as Le concierge
	Michel Fortin as Georges Landrin
	Jean Bouise as Le commissaire
	François Berléand as Gérard
	Valentina Vargas as La masseuse
	Raymond Aquilon as Le réceptionniste
	Richard Guerry as Bertini
	Jean-Paul Muel as L'éditeur
	Christiane Krüger as Julia
	Simona Benzakein as Judith
	Bérangère Bonvoisin as (voix)

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