My New Partner
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My New Partner, also called Le Cop, is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi that stars Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue but is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from training. His efforts to enmesh his colleague in the prevailing corruption succeed spectacularly.
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Directed by | Claude Zidi |
Written by | Claude Zidi Didier Kaminka |
Produced by | Claude Zidi |
Starring | Philippe Noiret Thierry Lhermitte |
Cinematography | Jean-Jacques Tarbes |
Edited by | Nicole Saulnier |
Music by | Francis Lai |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
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The original French title is Les Ripoux, backslang for les pourris meaning the rotten ones. It won the César Award for Best Film in 1985 and was followed by two sequels: Ripoux contre Ripoux (1990) and Ripoux 3 (2003).