Détective (1984)
- Starring:
- Claude Brasseur, Nathalie Baye, (more)
- Director(s):
- Don Leaver, Jean-Luc Godard, (more
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After several years of making films to please only himself, French director Jean-Luc Godard once more invites the audience to the party with The Detective. Not that there's anything so blase as a linear plot or appealing characters, but at least some of Godard's isolated vignettes are accessible this time around. Set in the Hotel Concorde at St. Lazare, the film is set in motion when miserably married Nathalie Baye and Claude Brasseur attempt to collect a debt from mob-plagued boxing manager Johnny Hallyday. Meanwhile, hotel detective Jean-Pierre Leaud tries to solve an old murder case. These two gossamer plot strands are used to tie together Godard's scattershot views on modern life, with emphasis on the voyeuristic potential of the recent video-camera boom. The director dashed off The Detective to raise money for a film he truly cared about, the controversial Hail Mary. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Claude Brasseur - Emile Chenal
- Johnny Hallyday - Jim Fox-Warner
- Stephane Ferrara - Tiger Jones
- Alain Cuny - Old Mafioso
- Emmanuelle Seigner - Princess of the Bahamas
- Julie Delpy - Wise Young Girl Groupie
- Aurelle Doazan - Ariel
- Pierre Bertin - Young Son
- Nathalie Baye - Francoise Chenal
- Laurent Terzieff - William Prospero
- Jean-Pierre Léaud - Inspector Neveu
- Eugene Berthier - Eugene the Old Manager
- Cyril Autin - Punk groupie
- Ann-Gisele Glass - Anne
- Xavier Saint-Macary - Accountant
- Alexandra Garrijo - Young Daughter
- Director(s):
- Jean-Luc Godard, Don Leaver
- Writer(s):
- Ted Whitehead, Philippe Setbon, Alain Sarde
- Producer(s):
- Alain Sarde, Christine Gozlan, Sally Head
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