Gerard Depardieu (1900) is cast as a tough French detective in Maurice Pialat's romantic drama Police. Depardieu, praised by Sight and Sound in what they called "one of his strongest performances," portrays Louis Mangin, a policier known for his hard-nosed interrogation tactics. His code of honor will be tested when he finds himself attracted to a drug dealer's girlfriend (Sophie Marceau, Beyond the Clouds) who is also a suspect in a drug smuggling syndicate.