Dear Inspector

1978 1h 45m FR

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5.9

MID

★5.9TMDB · 90

Comedy

Synopsis

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When Lise's car bumps Antoine's bike, they recognize each other from a brief fling 20 years before while at the Sorbonne. He's now a professor of Greek; she's loathe to tell him she's a police inspector. A call interrupts their first dinner date: a Deputy of the National Assembly has been murdered. She has a suspect, another Deputy, and must track him while deflecting Antoine's eye from her vocation. All roads in the inquiry lead to Christine Vallier, the dead Deputy's mistress, a beguiling 22-year-old whose mother ran the Assembly's snack bar. When more deputies die and Antoine learns Lise's identity, she must act quickly solve the crime and save her future.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Annie Girardot
Lise Tanquerelle
Philippe Noiret
Antoine Lemercier
Catherine Alric
Christine Vallier
Hubert Deschamps
Charmille
Paulette Dubost
Mother
Roger Dumas
Marcel Guérin, l'inspecteur
Raymond Gérôme
Head of Criminal Division
Guy Marchand
Beretti

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Philippe de Broca
Writers: Jean-Paul Rouland, Michel Audiard
Languages: French
Countries: France

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ERA

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48 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Part of the "Inspector Tanquerelle" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Georges Delerue. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Françoise Javet shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Annie Girardot and Philippe Noiret and Catherine Alric carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0076808 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 90 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Philippe de Broca directs. Georges Delerue scores. Françoise Javet cuts. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

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148 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Inspector Tanquerelle" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Original score by Georges Delerue. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Françoise Javet shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Annie Girardot and Philippe Noiret and Catherine Alric carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0076808 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 90 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.