The Syringe
4.6
Good dope is becoming rare in the North of Paris. Drugstores are being raided by junkies and gangs are nervous, fighting each others: the 'Viets', the 'Blackies', the 'Arabs', the neo-nazis 'Justiciers' and some mean gays. Vincent (Daniel Auteuil) is the good cop coming from Marseilles where he was a gangster. He's a soft method guy but also kicks assses hard and throw lethal dialog lines when needed. With the precious help of 'l'Arbalète'* (Marisa Berenson**), a tox' prostitute ex-member of Vincent's former gang, he will try to put order in that mess. There's also a violent and racist cop (Marcel Bozzuffi), Algeria veteran with hard methods, whose role could be more than to protect and to serve.
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Cast
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Daniel Auteuil
Inspecteur Vincent
Known for
Caché
La Belle Époque
Marisa Berenson
L'Arbalète'
Known for
Barry Lyndon
Cabaret
Sergio Gobbi
Richard Andry
Marcel Bozzuffi
Falco
Known for
The French Connection
Daisy Town
Jacques Revaux
Daniel Ubaud
Le chef des 'Viets'
Also in
Believed Violent
La nuit du risque
Nicole Gobbi
Michel Beaune
Rigault
Known for
The Professional
The Loner
Robert Rongier
Guy Di Rigo
Silva
Also in
Moonraker
Brigade of Death
Mohamed Ben Smail
Le chef des Arabes
Known for
So Long, Stooge
The Sheltering Sky
Sergio Gobbi Director · Daniel Ubaud Writer Jacques Revaux Composer
Worldwide gross $53M · First release November 14, 1984 · Produced in France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$53,000,000
Production
Candice Productions
Production
Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC)
Production
France
Produced in
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Original title
L'Arbalète
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 14, 1984
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
April 12, 1985
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