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Release Date: 1982

Cast: Maurice Ronet, Christophe Malavoy, Jean-Paul Comart, Florent Pagny, Philippe Léotard, Bernard Freyd, Tchéky Karyo, Nathalie Baye

Categories: Movies, Thriller, Crime Thriller, World cinema

La Balance (US title: The Nark; literal translation : The Informer) is a 1982 French film directed by Bob Swaim and starring Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Tchéky Karyo, Maurice Ronet and Jean-Paul Comart. It won the César Award for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress, and was nominated for Most Promising Actor (twice), Best Director, Best Writing - Original and Best Editing. Nicole is a streetwalker in Paris. Her former racketeer boyfriend and pimp, Dede, has been excluded from the business of a local mob boss, Roger Massina, because of a romantic dispute over Nicole. When a... MORE

La Balance (US title: The Nark; literal translation : The Informer) is a 1982 French film directed by Bob Swaim and starring Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Tchéky Karyo, Maurice Ronet and Jean-Paul Comart. It won the César Award for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress, and was nominated for Most Promising Actor (twice), Best Director, Best Writing - Original and Best Editing. Nicole is a streetwalker in Paris. Her former racketeer boyfriend and pimp, Dede, has been excluded from the business of a local mob boss, Roger Massina, because of a romantic dispute over Nicole. When a police informant is killed, the police decide to recruit Dede as a replacement. The police raid Dede's apartment, find a gun, and blackmail him into becoming an informant using this and other threats. The police want to get to Massina, and they try to use Dede to do it. Dede agrees to participate in a set-up, and tries to return to the good side of Massina by telling him about a rich antique dealer he has found to rob (actually part of the set-up), and asking him for help. Massina yields to greed and agrees to set something up, letting Dede partially back into his organization. On the day of the heist, LESS