Dossier 51

Dossier 51 (French: Le Dossier 51) is a 1978 French crime drama film directed by Michel Deville and based on a novel by Gilles Perrault. Deville and Perrault won a César Award for Best Writing for their adaptation. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Dossier 51
Directed byMichel Deville
Produced byPhilippe Dussart
Written byMichel Deville
Gilles Perrault
StarringFrançoise Béliard
Music byJean Schwarz
CinematographyClaude Lecomte
Edited byRaymonde Guyot
Distributed byGaumont
Release date
30 August 1978
Running time
108 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$2 million[1]

Plot and style

An unnamed French intelligence service (though this is never made clear) attempts to coerce a French diplomat into working for them. Their reports build main line of film.

The book resembles a dossier (file) containing notes, memos, wiretap transcripts, expense reports and interoffice correspondence (including administrative details, even some bickering) written in various personal styles. Every department in the organization is identified by a Greek or Roman god: Jupiter, Mercury, Esculape, Mars, etc. The targets of their investigations have their names replaced by numbers: 51 for the target, 52 for his wife, and so on, further dehumanizing the proceedings.

Cast

References
  1. http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=7853
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Dossier 51". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-23.


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