36, quai des orfevres (36th Precinct)
2004. France. Directed and cowritten by Olivier Marchal. Based on actual events. With Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu. Marchal was a police officer for many years before becoming a filmmaker, and his action melodramas are populated by cops and robbers with and without their own moral codes. In 1980s Paris, two detectives vie, rather brutally, for the position of Chief Investigator. 110 min.
Gaumont Thrillers: From Fantômas to A Gang Story
August 15–September 4, 2012
Organized by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, Department of Film, in association with Gaumont France.
The exhibition is supported in part by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States (www.frenchculture.org).
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