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Nathalie Baye, Philippe Leotard, Richard Berry, Christophe Malavoy, Maurice Ronet ... see more see more... , Tcheky Karyo , Bernard Freyd , Albert Dray , Florent Pagny , Jean-Daniel Laval , Luc-Antoine Diquero , Anne-Claude Salimo , François Berléand , Geoffrey Carey , Jean-Paul Comart , Christian Gaubert , Bob Swaim , Michel Amphoux , Guy Dhers , Sam Karmann , Claude Villers

In the French-made film (La Balance), a couple get caught between the French underworld and the cops who pledge to destroy it. The man is a one-time mobster, now pimp named Dede (Philippe Leotard) who... read more read more...'s forced to squeal on some mob-land biggies in exchange for his acquittal from any connection to crimes committed and to get the cops off the back of his prostitute wife Nicole (Nathalie Baye). This one's full of chase scenes, profanity (it's dubbed in English), and violence. It was awarded many Caesar awards (the French equivalent of the Oscar). ~ Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 42 min.

Directed by: Albert Dray, Bernard Freyd, Bob Swaim, Christophe Malavoy, Florent Pagny, Jean-Paul Comart, Maurice Ronet, Nathalie Baye, Philippe Leotard, Reymond LePlont, Richard Berry

Release Date: November 10, 1982

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DVD Release Date: June 29, 2004

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  • gator681
    April 30, 2006
    gator681
    [font=Century Gothic]"La Balance" starts off with Paulo, a police informer, being killed by crime boss, Roger Massina(Maurice Ronet). To make matters worse for the police, the word on the street is that the cops set up Paulo to be killed, so now none of their would-be informers ... read moreare talking to them, leaving them deaf and blind in the Belleville section of Paris. Desperate to recruit a new informer to bring down Massina, Detective Palouzi(Richard Berry) approaches a small-time pimp, Dede Laffont(Philippe Leotard), who had a falling out with Massina a couple of years back because of a situation with Laffont's girlfriend, Nicole(Nathalie Baye), who is also a prostitute. Laffont is none too thrilled with the idea of course, so the police try to persuade him to do his civic duty...[/font]
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    [font=Century Gothic]"La Balance" is a violent crime drama with an interesting point of view from the petty criminals who are caught between the police and the crime bosses. The police who are fairly brutal themselves don't seem as interested in stopping crime or helping people, as they are in waging war with the crime bosses. The movie does seem to be very dated.[/font]

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Cole Smithey
August 10, 2007
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

Natalie Baye is at her best in this cool French policier.

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Roger Ebert
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Janet Maslin
August 30, 2004
Janet Maslin, New York Times

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Dave Kehr
January 1, 2000
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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Emanuel Levy
July 5, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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January 26, 2006
Time Out

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May 24, 2003
Film4

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