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My New Partner

My New Partner

Comedy · 1984

A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt him...

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My New Partner

1984 Comedy 1h 47m

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6.6 / 10

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A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt him...

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Claude Zidi

Written by

Claude Zidi · Didier Kaminka

Philippe Noiret

Philippe Noiret

René Boirond

Thierry Lhermitte

Thierry Lhermitte

François Lesbuche

Régine

Régine

Simone

Grace de Capitani

Grace de Capitani

Natacha

Claude Brosset

Claude Brosset

Vidal

Albert Simono

Albert Simono

Inspecteur Leblanc

Jacques Santi

Jacques Santi

IGS

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Put My New Partner on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.