Inspector Lavardin
1986 · Movie · 100 min · ★ 6.2 · 57% critics
A sharp, unconventional detective is sent to a quiet provincial village to investigate a prominent man’s murder. The case grows more personal when he discovers the victim’s widow is someone from his past, and the respectable town begins to show hidden cracks.
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Details
- Original title
- Inspecteur Lavardin
- Years
- 1986
- Release date
- 1986-03-12
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 57/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (74 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy cynical French mysteries with dry humor and village secrets, especially near Masks or One Deadly Summer; Not for you if you need fast action.
Pros: witty lead; twisty mystery; sly humor | Cons: slow pace; dated attitudes; uneven freshness
Cast & crew
Jean Poiret
as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
Jean-Claude Brialy
as Claude Alvarez
Bernadette Lafont
as Hélène Mons
Jean-Luc Bideau
as Max Charnet
Jacques Dacqmine
as Raoul Mons
- HC
Hermine Clair
as Véronique Manguin
Pierre-François Dumeniaud
as Marcel Vigouroux
Florent Gibassier
as Francis
Guy Louret
as Buci
- JD
Jean Depussé
as Volga
Directed by Claude Chabrol