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Garde à Vue
Directed by	Claude Miller
Produced by	Georges Dancigers; Alexandre Mnouchkine
Written by	Claude Miller; Michel Audiard; Jean Herman
Music by	Georges Delerue
Cinematography	Bruno Nuytten
Editing by	Albert Jurgenson
Release date(s)	1981
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Garde à vue is a 1981 French film directed by Claude Miller and starring Romy Schneider, Michel Serrault, Lino Ventura and Guy Marchand. It was based on the British novel Brainwash, by John Wainwright.

It won the César Award for Best Writing, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.

[edit] Plot

Jerome Martinaud, a wealthy, influential attorney in a small French town who falls under suspicion for the rape and murder of two little girls. He is the only suspect, but the evidence against him is circumstantial. As the city celebrates New Year's Eve, the police led by Inspector Antoine Gallien, who is investigating the double rape/murder case, brings the lawyer in for questioning; at first politely, and then less so, as the interrogation team consisting of Inspectors Gallien and Marcel Belmont chips away at the suspect's alibi. They interrogate him for hour after hour while Martinaud continues to maintain his innocence. We learn all about the evidence; we meet Martinaud's wife Chantal who tells Gallien about the rift between them and the origin of it, which may be an eight year old girl (Camille) Martinaud was in love with; but will we, and Gallien, finally learn whether Martinaud is guilty?

[edit] Remake

Garde à vue was remade in 2000 as Under Suspicion.

[edit] External links

Garde à vue at the Internet Movie Database
Garde à Vue at Allmovie

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