
Insomnia(2002)
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.


“A woman, two men, a love story, a murder, a boxing-match, the mafia...”
Emile Chenal and his wife, Françoise, leaned on boxing manager Jim Fox Warner to cough up the considerable sum of money that he owes them, with both the police and the mob circling the situation. In the same hotel, Inspector Neveu looks into a murder that took place years before, and his storyline overlaps with the arc of the Chenals.

Laurent Terzieff
William Prospero

Aurelle Doazan
Arielle

Jean-Pierre Léaud
Inspector Neveu

Claude Brasseur
Emile Chenal

Johnny Hallyday
Jim Fox Warner

Nathalie Baye
Françoise Chenal

Alain Cuny
Old Mafioso

Emmanuelle Seigner
Princess of the Bahamas

Julie Delpy
Wise Young Girl

Ann-Gisel Glass
Anne
Detective is a comedy, crime, drama film released in 1985 exploring themes of hotel, murder, mafia, neo-noir. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, it stars Laurent Terzieff, Aurelle Doazan, Jean-Pierre Léaud. Emile Chenal and his wife, Françoise, leaned on boxing manager Jim Fox Warner to cough up the considerable sum of money that he owes them, with both the police and the mob circling the situation. In the same hotel, Inspector Neveu looks into a murder that took place years before, and his storyline overlaps with the arc of the Chenals.
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