Le cousin (1997)
A gritty crime drama revealing the dark underbelly of police informants. Fans of "The Wire" will be engrossed; not for the faint-hearted.
Genres: Crime
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Le cousin(1997)
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A police informer with a special deal helps set up drug busts, but the arrangement turns risky when a new inspector takes over after a colleague’s suicide. As a determined judge investigates police misconduct and deadly overdoses, pressure mounts on both the cop and the informant to deliver bigger arrests before the truth comes out.
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Pros: strong throwback thriller; tense cop-informer dynamic; against-type performances | Cons: uneven public-private balance; not very dark; some familiar beats
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You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a French crime thriller about blurred lines between police and informers, with steady tension and moral pressure; Not for you if you dislike corruption stories or slower investigations like Choice of Arms.
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