My New Partner
1984 · Movie · 107 min · ★ 6.6 · 75% critics
A streetwise Paris cop who looks the other way for small-time crooks is paired with an idealistic rookie straight out of the academy. As they patrol the city together, the veteran tries to pull his new partner into his own rule-bending ways, testing their values and their working relationship.
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Details
- Original title
- Les Ripoux
- Years
- 1984
- Release date
- 1984-09-19
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (270 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like mismatched-partner comedies with a cynical-vs-idealistic dynamic and plenty of friction; Not for you if you want a serious police drama or low-conflict humor like The Toy.
Pros: buddy-cop clash; Paris street energy; moral tug-of-war | Cons: dated attitudes; predictable setup; uneven humor
Themes
- corruption
- paris, france
- police
- retirement
- good cop bad cop
- buddy cop
- colleague
Cast & crew
Philippe Noiret
as René Boirond
Thierry Lhermitte
as François Lesbuche
Régine
as Simone
Grace de Capitani
as Natacha
Claude Brosset
as Vidal
Albert Simono
as Inspecteur Leblanc
Jacques Santi
as IGS
Pierre Frag
as Pierrot
- BB
Bernard Bijaoui
as Camoun
Henri Attal
as Dédé la Mitraille
Directed by Claude Zidi