
Counter Investigation(2007)
A cop investigates whether the man convicted of murdering his daughter is really guilty.


A medical intern finds himself drawn into a world of international intrigue after discovering a shrunken human head in his luggage.

Emmanuel Salinger
Mathias Barillet

Thibault de Montalembert
Jean-Jacques

Jean-Louis Richard
Bleicher

Valérie Dréville
Nathalie

Marianne Denicourt
Marie Barillet

Jean-Luc Boutté
Varins

Bruno Todeschini
William Mahé

Philippe Duclos
Macaigne
Fabrice Desplechin
Simon Acher

Emmanuelle Devos
Claude
The Sentinel is a thriller film released in 1992 exploring themes of investigation, medicine, memory, train. Directed by Arnaud Desplechin, it stars Emmanuel Salinger, Thibault de Montalembert, Jean-Louis Richard. A medical intern finds himself drawn into a world of international intrigue after discovering a shrunken human head in his luggage.
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