Strictement personnel (1985)
Synopsis
The crimes and tragedies that tear apart one family seem overblown in the telling, yet this psychological drama about the miseries of one French policeman is compelling throughout. Jean (Pierre Arditi) is a cop and also a failed novelist who was abandoned by his father, brother, and sister after his mother died. The trio move to Paris where they set up an art scam that nets them considerable cash -- something Jean begins to figure out when he joins them for a family reunion. Little by little, he learns that his father is an expert forger, his stepmother's art gallery seems to be involved in the scam, his brother is a derelict and into drugs, his stepmother is a hooker in addition to all of this, and his sister runs an exercise gym for keeping prostitutes in shape. Things get worse -- just when everything seems bad enough, the stepmother is murdered and it is up to Jean to find the killer.
Release Date: 1985-08-21
Runtime: 90 minutes
Director: Pierre Jolivet
Top Cast
- Pierre Arditi as Jean Cottard
- Jacques Penot as Benoît
- Caroline Chaniolleau as Hélène
- Robert Rimbaud as Le père
- Jean Reno as Le détective Villechaize
- Maurice Baquet as Le concierge
- Michel Fortin as Georges Landrin
- Jean Bouise as Le commissaire
- François Berléand as Gérard
- Valentina Vargas as La masseuse
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