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La Balance(Movie, 1982)

R
| 1h 43min | Genres: Drama, Thriller
La BalanceRating: 3.2/5 (with 2626 votes)
La Balance (U.S. title: The Nark; literal translation : The Informer) is a 1982 French film directed by Bob Swaim. It stars 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. The film had a total of 4,192,189 admissions in France becoming the 5th highest-grossing film of the year. ()
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Awards & Nominations for La Balance

César Award for Best Actress

About La Balance

A Paris police detective plays rough with a prostitute and her pimp/lover, whom he wants as an informant.

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Additional Information

Production country: France
Plays in: Paris
Original language: French (FR)
Spoken languages: French (FR)
Translated into 11 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 11/20/1983 (World premiere: 11/10/1982)
Director: Bob Swaim
Screenwriter: Bob Swaim
Film Editor: Françoise Javet
Director of Photography: Bernard Zitzermann
Composer: Roland Bocquet
Costume designer: Catherine Meurisse
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"La soplona"
"El membrillo"
"The Informer"

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