Polar

1984 · 97 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 163 VOTES · DIR. Jacques Bral

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Overview

This film noir tends to stay within very conventional plot lines, as the narration by the main protagonist, private detective Eugene Tarpon Jean-François Balmer, recites a dreary litany of how he wanted to chuck his profession until an attractive woman shows up asking him to investigate the murder of her roommate, a porno star. Soon Tarpon is up to his neck in trouble: the police, gangsters, and the victim's lover are all out to get him.

Dialogue Timeline — 990 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:05 A DETECTIVE STORY
00:06:03 Yes. A real job. No daydreaming.
00:10:38 I found your card in my mailbox, yesterday.
00:15:43 - Why what? - Why did you get drunk?
00:18:45 The cops! A bunch of amateurs. Do you want me to lose them?
00:22:32 It's a police matter.
00:27:42 This story is crazy, but what isn't nowadays?
00:30:33 He said he loved her.
00:35:16 And my mom will bring me hot cocoa, jam and bread.
00:41:06 You shouldn't be afraid, Charlotte.
00:46:21 ungenerous, rotten, completely rotten inside.
00:50:16 I'm open-minded but I also have my limits.
00:53:32 Why should I answer your questions?
00:56:45 I was fed up with my look.
00:59:55 What happened?
01:05:59 - Now you chicken out. - No point discussing it.
01:09:31 and the sluttiest.
01:13:02 You could change your script from time to time.
01:16:01 OK!
01:21:10 You've already met my secretaries.
01:24:50 Do I arrest him, boss?
01:28:43 Could you tell me whom you have in mind?
01:32:44 Here!
01:37:10 Translation: Pierre Rossi TV5 Québec Canada

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed990
Dialogue density10.2 lines / min
First line00:00:05
Final line01:37:10

Production Record

DirectorJacques Bral
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes163