Polar

• Director: Jacques Bral
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Thriller
• Movie Type: Post-Noir (Modern Noir)
• Themes: Nothing Goes Right, Femmes Fatales, Private Eyes
• Main Cast: Jean-François Balmer, Sandra Montaigu, Pierre Santini, Roland Dubillard, Claude Chabrol
• Release Year: 1984
• Country: FR
• Run Time: 97 minutes

Plot

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 -- though none are innovative enough to enliven the story. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Jean-François Balmer - Eugene Tarpon
• Sandra Montaigu - Charlotte Le Dantex
• Pierre Santini - Inspecteur Coccioli
• Roland Dubillard - Jean-Baptiste Haymann
• Claude Chabrol - Theadore Lyssenko

Gérard Herold - Foran; Jean-Paul Bonnaire - Gerard Sergent; Marc Dudicourt - Le Loup

Credit

Olga Pelletier - Costume Designer, Jacques Bral - Director, Anne Boissel - Editor, Jacques Bral - Editor, Noun Serra - Editor, Karl-Heinz Schafer - Composer (Music Score), Charly Koubesserian - Makeup, Jacques Renoir - Cinematographer, Jean-Paul Rosa Da Costa - Cinematographer, Jacques Bral - Dialogue Writer, Jacques Bral - Screenwriter, Jean-Patrick Manchette - Book Author

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