L'arbalète (1984)
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Daniel Auteuil, Marisa Berenson, Marcel Bozzuffi, Michel Beaune, Daniel Ubaud, Mohamed Ben Smail, Alex Descas, Guy di Rigo, Didier Sauvegrain, Joseph Momo, Michel Carliez, Daniel Breton, Isaach De Bankolé, Piotr Stanislas, Steve Kalfa, Albert Dray, Tommy Tomaszewski, Isabelle Mergault, Bernard Lepinaux, Philippe Dormoy
A former delinquent turned police inspector goes undercover among Paris street groups, with help from a prostitute and drug addict.
The story
Vincent once belonged to street groups and lived as a petty delinquent. Now a police inspector in the vice squad, he is ordered by Chief Superintendent Rigault to infiltrate those groups by returning to the street-thug role he once knew. His assignment places him amid conflicts and battles between ethnic groups in the streets of Paris. He receives help from l'Arbalète, a prostitute and drug addict, while facing Falco, a racist police officer who favors using force. The account describes the initial undercover conflict but provides no further plot developments.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The story is about conflicts and battles between ethnic groups in the streets of Paris. In the past, Vincent was part of these groups and was a petty delinquent. Now a police inspector in the vice squad, he is assigned by Chief Superintendent Rigault to infiltrate the groups and become a street thug again, as he was in the past. With the help of l'Arbalète, a prostitute and drug addict, Vincent opposes Falco, a racist police officer who favors using force.
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