Detective (1985) on Netflix
Boxing promoter Jim Fox Warner owes money to Émile and Françoise Chenal, and an old mafioso has come to collect. William keeps watch in a hotel room where a death went unexplained.
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Plot summary
In a grand Paris hotel, boxing promoter Jim Fox Warner is counting on a big win for his fighter, Tiger, to settle what he owes Émile and Françoise Chenal. Émile, a pilot, needs the money to keep his charter business from failing and to give his wife a divorce. William, who once worked as the hotel's detective, keeps watch in another room with his nephew and the nephew's girlfriend Arielle, a room where a death was never explained. An old mafioso has arrived as well, collecting on debts that include Jim's. Neveu, a detective at the hotel, is investigating a killing from years earlier.
Cast
- Pierre Bertinas Young Son
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Detective (1985)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Emmanuelle Seigner recalled that on the first day of shooting Godard asked her to take off her bra and on the second her panties; she protested, and Godard told her to keep her panties. She was 17 and had no desire to appear naked in a movie.
