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Un officier de police sans importance

  • 1973
  • 1h 37m
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6.4/10
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Un officier de police sans importance (1973)
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Camille, Dov and Joëlle live on the edge of society and are involved in petty theft helping them to buy their drug doses and to survive as best they can. One day, while attempting to rob a m... Read allCamille, Dov and Joëlle live on the edge of society and are involved in petty theft helping them to buy their drug doses and to survive as best they can. One day, while attempting to rob a movie theater, they activate the alarm signal and it is Pierre, Camille's brother, who is d... Read allCamille, Dov and Joëlle live on the edge of society and are involved in petty theft helping them to buy their drug doses and to survive as best they can. One day, while attempting to rob a movie theater, they activate the alarm signal and it is Pierre, Camille's brother, who is doing a heist in the same building, who is arrested red-handed. The three young people deci... Read all

  • Director
    • Jean Larriaga
  • Writers
    • Jean Larriaga
    • Marc Porel
  • Stars
    • Robert Hossein
    • Charles Denner
    • Nicole Courcel
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    64
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    • Director
      • Jean Larriaga
    • Writers
      • Jean Larriaga
      • Marc Porel
    • Stars
      • Robert Hossein
      • Charles Denner
      • Nicole Courcel
    • 2User reviews
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    Robert Hossein
    Robert Hossein
    • Pierre Fresse
    Charles Denner
    Charles Denner
    • L'officier de police adjoint Serge Monnier
    Nicole Courcel
    Nicole Courcel
    • Fabienne Fresse
    Raymond Pellegrin
    Raymond Pellegrin
    • Le commissaire principal Jean Dekervan
    Julian Negulesco
    • Dov
    Dani
    Dani
    • Joëlle
    Marc Porel
    Marc Porel
    • Camille Fresse
    Georges Géret
    Georges Géret
    • Rémy Scoto
    José Artur
    • Maître Larquey
    Bernard Tiphaine
    • Une policier collègue de Monnier
    Madeleine Damien
    Madeleine Damien
    • Madame Monnier
    Antoinette Moya
    • La caissière
    Gérard Chevalier
    Simone Chatelain
    Pierre Collet
    • Le docteur Blache
    Jean Michaud
    • La ministre
    Jacques Galland
    • Le préfet de police
    Yvan Tanguy
    • L'autre adjoint du commissaire
    • Director
      • Jean Larriaga
    • Writers
      • Jean Larriaga
      • Marc Porel
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    No way out.

    A movie in which the older generation (Robert Hossein,Charles Denner,Nicole Courcel ,Raymond Pellegrin) meets the young one (a threesome :Marc Porel,pop singer Dani and a third one ,now completely forgotten);the experimented actors are at the top of the cast and credits whereas the rookies (although Porel had made several movies ,including a supporting part in Visconti's "Ludwig" but some of his scenes -an intimate one with the king-were cut) are relegated after the title of the film .And ,which is unusual:the final credits gives the three young people's weights! The screenplay was co-written by Marc Porel who was "bound to be" but never made it because of a new generation of actors (Depardieu,Dewaere)on the rise and of an addiction to drugs in the late seventies which led to his premature death (1983,age 34).He was the son of actress Jacqueline Porel and actor Gerard Landry and grandson of stage thespian Réjane.

    His screenplay remains in the early seventies zeitgeist (anti-police) but it avoids the post May 68 clichés.Unfortunately there are implausibilities:Hossein forces a safe in shopping mall where his young brother (Porel) and his pal are pursued by the police for another reason;although having a heart condition,Denner is a "senior police officer" (check the title) and however you must have a thorough medical examination if you want to join (or stay) in the police .

    For all that ,the movie is never boring and even sometimes interesting: the three young people who abduct a police officer in order to free older brother in jail are actually naive ,mindless,and act as though they 're teenagers ;their hostage-taking is doomed and its ending oddly predates -relatively speaking- that of "dog day afternoon"(Lumet ,1975).

    The character of the hostage (Denner ) is too underwritten and it is too bad:we learn that his wife left him and he 's got a mother who seems over-possessive ,which may explain the wife's behavior ;his relationship with his abductors is only skimmed over whereas it is obvious that they are all immature persons ( we learn that the girl is pregnant by one of the boys ,but it does not affect the plot at all;nobody hints at it after the revelation)

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    • Release date
      • April 12, 1973 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • A Police Officer Without Importance
    • Production companies
      • Filmsonor
      • Les Films Marceau
      • MOG
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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