The Cousin

The Cousin

6.61997· 112 min· France
Crime

Nounours is the nickname of a "cousin" an informer with a special arrangement with the police: he gets 10% of the drugs seized thanks to his help. When his personal contact, inspector Maurin, commits suicide, inspector Gérard Delvaux takes over. Meanwhile, judge Lambert is uncovering the illegal practices of the policemen. Her persistent investigations, which had cornered Maurin, are leading to Gérard, and also to Nounours as the source of heroin that led to recent cases of deadly overdoses. Nounours promises Gérard increasingly bigger catches which he is intent on realising before he is forced to reveal who Nounours is to judge Lambert.

Director
Alain Corneau
Country
France
Awards
5 nominations

Cast

Patrick Timsit

Patrick Timsit

AC

Alain Chabat

Samuel Le Bihan

Samuel Le Bihan

MA

Michel Alexandre

MT

Marie Trintignant

AJ

Agnès Jaoui

ÉT

Éric Thomas

ME

Mehdi El Glaoui

CP

Christophe Peyroux

Dan Herzberg

Dan Herzberg

Jean-Michel Fête

Jean-Michel Fête

JN

Jean-Michel Noirey

JB

Jean-Paul Bonnaire

LB

Lyèce Boukhitine

ND

Neige Dolsky

PV

Pascale Vignal

Pd

Philippe du Janerand

PM

Philippe Magnan

RD

Rachid Djaïdani

RR

Rémy Roubakha

CP

Caroline Proust