L.627
1992 · Movie · R · 141 min · ★ 7.1 · 79% critics
A dedicated Paris narcotics officer struggles to do meaningful work inside an underfunded, tangled police system. As daily cases, informants, paperwork, and street-level drug problems pile up, the job becomes a test of patience, judgment, and basic humanity.
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Details
- Years
- 1992
- Release date
- 1992-09-09
- Language
- French
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (104 votes)
About
You’ll like this if you want a grounded, unsentimental police drama about everyday pressure and broken systems; Not for you if you need fast thrills or a neat case-driven story.
Pros: gritty realism; strong characters; bleak humor | Cons: slow pacing; loose structure; heavy mood
Themes
- bureaucracy
- drug abuse
- paris, france
- aids
- police surveillance
- narcotics detective
- french polar
Cast & crew
Didier Bezace
as 'Lulu'
Jean-Paul Comart
as 'Dodo'
Charlotte Kady
as Marie
Jean-Roger Milo
as Manuel
Nils Tavernier
as Vincent
Philippe Torreton
as Antoine
Lara Guirao
as Cécile
Cécile Garcia-Fogel
as Katy
Claude Brosset
as Adore
Fabrice Roux
as Toulouse
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier