Detective
– Emile Chenal and his wife, Françoise, leaned on boxing manager Jim Fox Warner to cough up the consi..
Emile Chenal and his wife, Françoise, leaned on boxing manager Jim Fox Warner to cough up the considerable sum of money that he owes them, with both the police and the mob circling the situation. In the same hotel, Inspector Neveu looks into a murder that took place years before, and his storyline overlaps with the arc of the Chenals.
23 Aug 1985
French, English, Italian
Jean-Luc Godard
Alain Sarde (screenplay), Philippe Setbon (screenplay), Jean-Luc Godard (adaptation), Alain Sarde (adaptation), Anne-Marie Miéville (adaptation), Philippe Setbon (adaptation), Alain Sarde (dialogue), Philippe Setbon (dialogue), Anne-Marie Miéville (dialogue)
Laurent Terzieff, Aurelle Doazan, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Baye
In a palace of Paris. Two detectives are investigating a two-year-old murder. Emile and Francoise Chenal are putting pressure on Jim Fox Warner, a boxing manager, who owes them a huge amount of money. But Jim also owes money to the Mafia, and it seems the boxing match he is counting on to bail out will not be sufficient...
2 wins & 1 nomination.
Sara Films