Détective

1985 film

For other uses, see Detective (disambiguation).

Détective

Film poster

Directed by| Jean-Luc Godard
Written by| Alain Sarde
Philippe Setbon
Jean-Luc Godard
Produced by| Christine Gozlan
Alain Sarde
Starring| Claude Brasseur
Nathalie Baye
Johnny Hallyday
Cinematography| Louis Bihi
Edited by| Marilyne Dubreuil

Release date

* 10 May 1985 (1985-05-10)

Running time

| 95 minutes
Country| France
Language| French

Détective is a 1985 French crime film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film won the Georges Delerue Award for Best Soundtrack/Sound Design at Film Fest Gent in 1985.

## Plot

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In a room of a grand Paris hotel, two detectives are keeping watch. One is William, who used to be the hotel detective until he was fired after an unexplained death in that room. The other is his nephew Isidore, accompanied by his girlfriend Arielle. In a second room is Jim, a boxing promoter, accompanied by his boxer Tiger with his girlfriend Princesse. Jim is counting on a big win for Tiger, in order to repay his debt to a couple in a third room. These are Émile, a pilot whose business charters are losing money, and his wife Françoise. Émile is in urgent need of cash to avoid collapse and to give his wife a divorce. A fourth room has, with his entourage, an old mafioso who has turned up to collect old debts, including some from Jim.[2]

While Émile is busy flying, Françoise starts an affair with Jim, who gives her money for new clothes, and the two agree to pair up if both get the payoff they are expecting. The upcoming fight melts away when Tiger disappears with Princesse, leaving Jim just her jewels. Émile, when Françoise says she will leave him for Jim, shoots Jim dead. Attempting to retaliate, Isidore accidentally shoots William dead. Émile takes the old mafioso's granddaughter hostage and is shot dead by the "family".

## Cast

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* Claude Brasseur as Émile Chenal
* Nathalie Baye as Françoise Chenal
* Johnny Hallyday as Jim Fox Warner
* Laurent Terzieff as William Prospero
* Jean-Pierre Léaud as Isidore
* Alain Cuny as Old Mafioso
* Emmanuelle Seigner as Princesse
* Julie Delpy as Young Girl
* Aurelle Doazan as Arielle
* Stéphane Ferrara as Tiger Jones

## Production

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About her nude scenes in this movie, Emmanuelle Seigner recalled that, "The first day Godard asked me to take off my bra, the second the panties. So I protested: 'Who did you take me for?' Finally Godard said: 'Keep your panties'. I was 17, I had no desire to appear naked in a movie."[3]

## See also

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* Jean-Luc Godard filmography

## References

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1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Détective". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
2. ^ Canby, Vincent (23 August 1985). "SCREEN: 'DETECTIVE,' BY JEAN-LUC GODARD". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
3. ^ Marco Melani Il viandante ebbro, p. 207 at Google Books

## External links

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* Détective at IMDb

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Jean-Luc Godard

Filmography

Feature|

* Breathless (1960)
* A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
* Vivre sa vie (1962)
* Le petit soldat (1963)
* The Carabineers (1963)
* Contempt (1963)
* Bande à part (1964)
* A Married Woman (1964)
* Alphaville (1965)
* Pierrot le Fou (1965)
* Masculin Féminin (1966)
* Made in U.S.A. (1966)
* Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967)
* La Chinoise (1967)
* Weekend (1967)
* One Plus One (Sympathy for the Devil) (1968)
* Joy of Learning (1969)
* British Sounds (1969)
* Tout Va Bien (1972)
* Number Two (1975)
* Every Man for Himself (1980)
* Passion (1982)
* First Name: Carmen (1983)
* Hail Mary (1985)
* Détective (1985)
* King Lear (1987)
* Keep Your Right Up (1987)
* Nouvelle Vague (1990)
* Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1991)
* Hélas pour moi (1993)
* Les Enfants jouent à la Russie (1993)
* JLG/JLG – Self-Portrait in December (1995)
* For Ever Mozart (1996)
* In Praise of Love (2001)
* Notre musique (2004)
* Film Socialisme (2010)
* Goodbye to Language (2014)
* The Image Book (2018)

Short and
segment|

* Operation Concrete (1955)
* Une femme coquette (1955)
* All the Boys Are Called Patrick (1957)
* A Story of Water (1958)
* Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958)
* "Sloth" in The Seven Deadly Sins (1962)
* "The New World" in Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1962)
* "Le Grand escroc" in Les plus belles escroqueries du monde (1963)
* "Montparnasse-Levallois" in Paris vu par (1964)
* "Anticipation, ou: l'amour en l'an 2000" in The Oldest Profession (1965)
* "Caméra-oeil" in Far from Vietnam (1967)
* "L'Amore" in Amore e rabbia (1969)
* Letter to Jane (1972)
* Here and Elsewhere (1976)
* How's it going
* A Letter to Freddy Buache (1982)
* Soft and Hard (1985)
* Meetin' WA (1986)
* "Armide" in Aria (1987)
* "Le Dernier mot" in The French as Seen by... (1988)
* Histoire(s) du cinéma (1998)
* "Dans le noir du temps" in Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)
* Tribute to Eric Rohmer (2010)
* "Les Trois Désastres" in 3X3D (2013)
* "The Bridge of Sighs" in Bridges of Sarajevo (2014)
* Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux (2014)
* Trailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: "Phony Wars" (2023)

Related|

* Paparazzi (1963 documentary)
* Le Parti des choses (1964 documentary)
* Two in the Wave (2010 documentary)
* One P.M. (1972 documentary)
* Redoubtable (2017 biopic)
* Groupe Dziga Vertov
* Bibliography

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Johnny Hallyday

Studio albums|

* Salut les copains
* Les Bras en croix
* Je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime
* Derrière l'amour
* Hamlet
* Solitudes à deux
* Hollywood
* À partir de maintenant
* En pièces détachées
* Quelque part un aigle
* La Peur
* Entre Violence et Violon
* Nashville en direct
* Rock'n'Roll Attitude
* Gang
* Cadillac
* Ça ne change pas un homme
* Rough Town
* Lorada
* Ce que je sais
* Sang pour sang
* À la vie, à la mort !
* Ma vérité
* Le Cœur d'un homme

Singles|

* "T'aimer follement"
* "Souvenirs, souvenirs"
* "Itsy bitsy petit bikini"
* "Kili Watch"
* "Viens danser le twist"
* "Retiens la nuit"
* "Ya ya twist"
* "Elle est terrible"
* "Tes tendres années"
* "Les Bras en croix" (c/w "Quitte-moi doucement" and "Dis-moi oui" on the EP)
* "Da dou ron ron"
* "Ma guitare"
* "Pour moi la vie va commencer"
* "Le Pénitencier"
* "Un ami ça n'a pas de prix"
* "Quand revient la nuit"
* "Cheveux longs et idées courtes"
* "Noir c'est noir"
* "Si j'étais un charpentier"
* "Hey Joe"
* "Petite fille"
* "San Francisco"
* "À tout casser"
* "Cours plus vite Charlie"
* "Que je t'aime"
* "Ceux que l'amour a blessés"
* "Jésus Christ"
* "Deux amis pour un amour"
* "Essayez"
* "Oh! Ma jolie Sarah"
* "Comme un corbeau blanc"
* "J'ai un problème" (with Sylvie Vartan)
* "Noël interdit"
* "Prends ma vie"
* "Je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime"
* "Johnny Rider"
* "La Fille de l'été dernier"
* "La Terre promise"
* "Requiem pour un fou"
* "Derrière l'amour" (c/w "Joue pas de rock'n'roll pour moi")
* "Gabrielle"
* "Ne me quitte pas" (live)
* "Quelque chose de Tennessee"
* "L'Envie" (live)
* "Que je t'aime" (live)
* "Mirador"
* "Je ne suis pas un héros"
* "Diego libre dans sa tête"
* "Ça ne change pas un homme"
* "Tous ensemble"
* "Marie"
* "Mon plus beau Noël"
* "Ça n'finira jamais"

Films|

* Tales of Paris
* D'où viens-tu Johnny?
* Cherchez l'idole
* À tout casser
* The Specialists
* Point de chute
* L'aventure, c'est l'aventure
* L'Animal
* Détective
* Terminus
* The Iron Triangle
* Why Not Me?
* The Man on the Train
* Crime Spree
* Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
* Quartier V.I.P.
* Jean-Philippe
* Vengeance
* The Pink Panther 2
* Titeuf
* Salaud, on t'aime
* Rock'n Roll
* Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction

Family|

* Sylvie Vartan
* David Hallyday
* Laura Smet

Related articles|

* Johnny Hallyday discography

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