La Balance

La Balance

1982 · 103 min · FR · R · 6.3 (57 votes)
Dir. Bob Swaim · Starring Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Richard Berry, Maurice Ronet, Bernard Freyd, Christophe Malavoy
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A Paris police detective plays rough with a prostitute and her pimp/lover, whom he wants as an informant.

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A dark, rain-slicked dive into Paris's underbelly. This film feels like a smoke-filled room where trust is a currency no one can afford. It's a grim, unvarnished look at the desperate lives caught in a web of crime and coercion.

grittytensecynicalsombersteadyneo-noirproceduralgrimy realismcorruptionbetrayalurban decaysurvival
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