Police The Mouth Agape

Gerard Depardieu plays a burnt-out cop in Police. Philippe Leotard and Nathalie Baye star in The Mouth Agape.

Second feature start time: 9 pm. Gerard Depardieu stars in Police, a gripping thriller about a burnt-out cop trying to crack a Tunisian drug ring that operates between Paris and Marseilles. (1985; 113 mins.)

Philippe Leotard and Nathalie Baye star in The Mouth Agape as a couple who move to the country to care for his dying mother. In critic David Thomson's words, "The film quietly discovers drama in the most banal events and achieves an awesome balance between human misery and the fleeting moments of grace that make it bearable." (1974; 85 mins.)

The Maurice Pialat retrospective was organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center with the support of French Cultural Services (New York) and the Bureau du Cinema, Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres, Paris.

at the bookshop

Back issues of the May/June 2004 issue of Film Comment, featuring an extensive midsection on Pialat, are available in the Wexner Center Bookshop.


support credits

Season support provided by the Rohauer Collection Foundation and the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation.

Contemporary films, international films, and visiting filmmakers presented with support from the Ohio Arts Council.