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36th Precinct

36th Precinct

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 24, 2004

Runtime

1h 51m

Genres

Crime, Drama, Thriller

User Score

69%

Original Title

36 Quai des Orfèvres

Production Companies

Gaumont, LGM Productions, KL Productions, CinéCinéma, Uni Etoile 2, Canal+, TF1 Films Production

Director

Olivier Marchal

Description

The film takes place in Paris, where two cops are competing for the vacant seat of chief of police while in the middle of a search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the French police before creating this story, which is taken in part from real facts that happened during the 1980s in France.