The Inquisitor
Synopsis
Jerome Martinaud, a wealthy, influential attorney in a small French town who falls under suspicion for the rape and murder of two little girls. He is the only suspect, but the evidence against him is circumstantial. As the city celebrates New Year's Eve, the police led by Inspector Antoine Gallien, who is investigating the double rape/murder case, brings the lawyer in for questioning; at first politely, and then less so, as the interrogation team consisting of Inspectors Gallien and Marcel Belmont chips away at the suspect's alibi. They interrogate him for hour after hour while Martinaud continues to maintain his innocence. We learn all about the evidence; we meet Martinaud's wife Chantal who tells Gallien about the rift between them and the origin of it, which may be an eight year old girl (Camille) Martinaud was in love with; but will we, and Gallien, finally learn whether Martinaud is guilty?
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Actors (14)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : TF1 Films Production, Parma Films, Les Films Ariane
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : AMLF
Full credits (22)
- Executive Producer : Georges Dancigers
- Screenwriters : Claude Miller, Jean Vautrin
- Dialogue Writer : Michel Audiard
- Director of Photography : Bruno Nuytten
- Music Composer : Georges Delerue
- Assistant Director : Jean-Pierre Vergne
- Editor : Albert Jurgenson
- Sound Recordist : Paul Lainé
- Author of original work : John Wainwright
- Producers : Georges Dancigers, Alexandre Mnouchkine
- Sound Assistant : Michel Villain
- Assistant Operator : Pascal Marti
- Camera Operator : Gilbert Duhalde
- Production managers : Michel Bernede, Raymond Leplont
- Sound editor : Nadine Muse
- Continuity supervisor : Martine Revert
- Production Designer : Eric Moulard
- Foley artist : Daniel Couteau
- Casting : Margot Capelier
- Artistic Director : Lam Lê
- Sound Mixer : Maurice Gilbert
- Still Photographer : Dominique Le Strat
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Crime/thriller, Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Yes
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Garde à vue was remade in 2000 as Under Suspicion, with Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman et Monica Bellucci.
