Detective
“A woman, two men, a love story, a murder, a boxing-match, the mafia...”
1985 · 1 h 35 min
Jean-Luc GodardCast
Laurent Terzieff Aurelle Doazan 
Jean-Pierre Léaud 
Nathalie Baye 
Claude Brasseur 
Johnny Hallyday
Credits
Written by: 
Alain Sarde
Plot
Émile Chenal and his wife Françoise lean on boxing matches, hotel intrigue and a murder in a hotel in Paris.
Sinekatalog’s take
Jean-Luc Godard's film, with Johnny Hallyday, Nathalie Baye and Claude Brasseur, is fragmentary and playful, a deconstructed noir.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.7 / 10 (2,679 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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