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Bookmark this pageLe Cousin (1997)
Director: Alain Corneau
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From Time Out Film Guide
While not stinting on hold-ups, bungled drug busts and so on, this has its heart in the relationship between glum detective Chabat and his snitch (Timsit), a dope-pusher of Pesci-like volatility. (Cousin is flic-speak for a cop's personal informer.) Their part of the movie is plausible and unpredictable. The generic aspects (the edgy camaraderie of the squadroom, the motorway car chase, the neglected family) is okay-ish, and there's an agreeably low body count; but we've been there so often before.Author: BBa
Cast & crew
Director: Alain Corneau
Producer: Alain Sarde
Cast: Alain Chabat, Patrick Timsit, Agnès Jaoui, Marie Trintignant, Samuel Le Bihan, Caroline Proust full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 112 mins
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