36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004)

Original title

36 quai des Orfèvres

Directed by

Olivier Marchal

Genre

drama film, crime film, neo-noir

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

12

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 648 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two rival detectives in Paris compete for a promotion while hunting a violent gang of thieves. Their personal ambitions lead them into a dangerous game of moral compromise and betrayal.

tensegrittybroodingmorally complexsuspensefuldarkurbanintense

What happens

The 36 (French: 36 Quai des Orfèvres) is a 2004 French film directed by Olivier Marchal and starring Daniel Auteuil and Gérard Depardieu. The title derives from the original address of the Judicial Police headquarters, part of the larger Palais de Justice of Paris on the Île de la Cité. The film takes place in Paris, where two cops (Auteuil and Depardieu) are competing for the vacant seat of chief of the Paris Criminal police while involved in a search for a gang of violent thieves. The film is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years in the French police. The story is loosely inspired from real events which occurred during the 1980s in France (see the gang des postiches arrest). The film was nominated for eight César Awards. The movie was remade in South Korea in 2019 as The Beast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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