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Director:
Bertrand Tavernier
Writers:
Michel Alexandre (written by) and
Bertrand Tavernier (written by)
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Release Date:
9 September 1992 (France) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Plot:
This gritty police drama shows us the underbelly of the Parisian drug trade. Lulu is a tough streetwise narcotics cop who... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 nominations more
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Cast

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Didier Bezace ... Lucien 'Lulu' Marguet
Jean-Paul Comart ... Dodo
Charlotte Kady ... Marie
Jean-Roger Milo ... Manuel
Nils Tavernier ... Vincent
Philippe Torreton ... Antoine
Lara Guirao ... Cecile
Cécile Garcia-Fogel ... Kathy Marguet
Claude Brosset ... Adore
Fabrice Roux ... Toulouse
Jean-Luc Abel ... J.P.
Martial ... Rambo
Jacky Pratoussy ... Mario (as Jacques Pratoussy)
Didier Castello ... Willy
Jacques Rosny ... Tulipe 4
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Runtime:
145 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Paris, France
Company:
Canal+ more

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A journal of working on the film was written by Bertrand Tavernier and published in Projections Issue No. 2 which is published yearly. The journal section is called "I Wake Up, Dreaming: A Journal for 1992" and begins on page 252. more
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Brigade des stup', 13 October 2006
8/10
Author: Bob Taylor (bob998@sympatico.ca) from Canada

TFO is running a series of Bertrand Tavernier's films; L. 627 is just another example of this man's bewildering versatility--costume epics, science fiction, exotic noir, gritty slice-of-life pictures. Here we have police procedure with a more despairing tone than Hollywood has ever given us. The light cynicism of the French Connection has become a cry of despair over police corruption and bureaucratic nonsense. The only problem: at 145 minutes, it's far too long, since there is no plot the viewer can hang on to, just a series of vignettes.

The actors are great: Lara Guirao impresses as the HIV-positive hooker whom Lulu is attracted to, but can't have sex with. Philippe Torreton is his usual frightening self as Lulu's partner, while Jean-Paul Comart is the boss from hell: irresponsible (tear gas in the coin toilet), concerned only with filling quotas. Dodo leads the squad into a squalid room with two African women and a baby, the resulting foul-up has to be seen to be believed. Didier Bezace wise-cracks his way through the chaos, showing us some of his pain.

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