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FRANCE · 1982

La Balance

Bob Swaim
police corruption informants prostitution undercover operations moral ambiguity
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Synopsis

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

Year1982
CountryFrance
DirectorBob Swaim
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