Tendre poulet

Jan 18 1978 PG 1h 45m
Action, Comedy, Thriller

When Lise's car bumps Antoine's bike, they recognize each other from a brief fling 20 years before while at the Sorbonne. He's now a professor of Greek; she's loathe to tell him she's a police inspector. A call interrupts their first dinner date: a Deputy of the National Assembly has been murdered. She has a suspect, another Deputy, and must track him while deflecting Antoine's eye from her vocation. All roads in the inquiry lead to Christine Vallier, the dead Deputy's mistress, a beguiling 22-year-old whose mother ran the Assembly's snack bar. When more deputies die and Antoine learns Lise's identity, she must act quickly solve the crime and save her future.

Plot

Romance in the prime of life. When Lise's car bumps Antoine's bike, they recognize each other from a brief fling 20 years before while at the Sorbonne. He's now a professor of Greek; she's loathe to tell him she's a police inspector. A call interrupts their first dinner date: a Deputy of the National Assembly has been murdered. She has a suspect, another Deputy, and must track him while deflecting Antoine's eye from her vocation. All roads in the inquiry lead to Christine Vallier, the dead Deputy's mistress, a beguiling 22-year-old whose mother ran the Assembly's snack bar. When more deputies die and Antoine learns Lise's identity, she must act quickly solve the crime and save her future.

Written by

Jean-Paul Rouland, Claude Olivier, Philippe de Broca

Directed by

Philippe de Broca

Cast

Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Alric

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Les Films Ariane, Mondex Films

Languages

Français

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
1,273
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA