Pinot simple flic is a 1984 French crime-comedy film directed by Gérard Jugnot.
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Plot
The film starts in the 13th arrondissement of Paris in 1984. Robert Pinot is a police officer as ordinary as clumsy. One day, he stops a certain Josyane, a young drug addict who is also doubled as a pickpocket, nicknamed Marylou. Having discovered that she comes from the same village, Nanteuil, he takes compassion for the young girl and decides to take her under his wing to keep her away from Tony, a dangerous dealer with whom she is in love.
Cast
Gérard Jugnot as Robert Pinot
Fanny Bastien as Josyane Krawczyk / Marylou
Patrick Fierry as Tony
Pierre Mondy as Rochu
Jean-Claude Brialy as Morcy
Jean Rougerie as Vaudreuil
Gérard Loussine as Blanchard
Claire Magnin as Craquette
Jean-Claude Islert as Grimaldi
Dane Porret as Ferrand
Alain Doutey as Jeoffroy
Pascal Légitimus as Tom
Raymond Aquilon as Dom
Carole Jacquinot as Ziton
Sim as Vénus, the photographer
Christophe Clark (dubbed by Martin Lamotte) as Cricri (uncredited)
Brigitte Verbecq as Brigitte (uncredited)
Pierre Frag as Bertrand, the owner patron of the sex-shop
Jean-Claude Bouillaud as the policeman in the bus
Philippe Klébert as the thug
Didier Kaminka as the tramp
Patrice Leconte as the man with glasses in the metro
Charles Nemes as the drunk man in the prison
Jean-Marie Poiré as the man with walkman in the metro
Dominique Reymond
About the film
It is the first film directed by Gérard Jugnot, who will direct Scout toujours... the next year.
The film poster is a parody of First Blood, where Gérard Jugnot appears at the middle of the picture with torn clothes, a band on the cap and holding an M60 machine gun like Sylvester Stallone.
The following film directors briefly appeared in the film :
Charles Nemes (Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears) as the drunk man who repetitively shouts "présent" in the prison of the police station;
Patrice Leconte (French Fried Vacation) as the man in the metro bothered by the smell of Pinot;
Jean-Marie Poiré (Santa Claus Is a Stinker) as the man with the walkman in the metro, who does not see Pinot being aggressed at only a few meters from him.
The film ends with a mise en abyme. Gérard Jugnot who plays Pinot is in a police van, while the vehicle starts, the plan gets bigger and the technical team, directed by Gérard Jugnot, is filming the sequence.