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Also known as Tendre Poulet, Dear Inspector

1977 film by Philippe de Broca

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5.9

When Lise's car bumps Antoine's bike, they recognize each other from a brief fling 20 years before while at the Sorbonne. He's now a professor of Greek; she's loathe to tell him she's a police inspector. A call interrupts their first dinner date: a Deputy of the National Assembly has been murdered. She has a suspect, another Deputy, and must track him while deflecting Antoine's eye from her vocation. All roads in the inquiry lead to Christine Vallier, the dead Deputy's mistress, a beguiling 22-year-old whose mother ran the Assembly's snack bar. When more deputies die and Antoine learns Lise's identity, she must act quickly solve the crime and save her future.

Released: 1978-01-18105 minDir: Philippe de BrocaComedyPart of: Inspector Tanquerelle

Cast

  • Annie Girardot as Lise Tanquerelle
  • Philippe Noiret as Antoine Lemercier
  • Catherine Alric as Christine Vallier
  • Hubert Deschamps as Charmille
  • Paulette Dubost as Mother
  • Roger Dumas as Marcel Guérin, l'inspecteur

Themes

  • call girl
  • series of murders
  • police inspector

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Ratings

IMDb

6.7/10

1,287 votes

Year
1977
Runtime
105 min
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime

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Wikidata facts

Duration
105
FilmAffinity ID
796346
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publication date
1979-09-24
title
Tendre Poulet
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