Characters & Themes
Dear Inspector (1978) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1978 · 105 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Philippe de Broca
- Starring
- Simone Renant, Annie Girardot, Paulette Dubost, Philippe Noiret, Georges Wilson, Anna Gaylor
Lise’s car bumps Antoine’s bike, recalling a brief Sorbonne romance two decades ago; Antoine now teaches Greek, while Lise, a police inspector, hides her job. Their dinner is cut short by a deputy’s murder. Lise’s probe leads to a fellow deputy and to Christine Vallier, the victim’s young mistress. With deputies dying, Antoine learns Lise’s profession.
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