My New Partner

My New Partner
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Claude Zidi
Written by	Claude Zidi Didier Kaminka
Produced by	Claude Zidi
Starring	Philippe Noiret Thierry Lhermitte
Cinematography	Jean-Jacques Tarbe
Edited by	Nicole Saulnier
Music by	Francis Lai
Release date	1984 (1984)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring 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. At the start of the film, his partner is busted for corruption and he narrowly escapes. He is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt his new partner and, after a slow start, succeeds spectacularly.

The original French title is Les Ripoux, which can be translated as "the corrupt ones". The term is verlan, a type of slang where syllables of words are pronounced in reverse order; ri-pou(x) thus inverts pou-rri(s), which means "rotten". (The final x or s, making the word plural, is silent.) The film is also known as Le Cop. It won the César Award for Best Film in 1985. Two sequels were later made: Ripoux contre Ripoux (1990) and Ripoux 3 (2003).

Cast

• Philippe Noiret - René Boirond
• Thierry Lhermitte - François Lesbuche
• Grace de Capitani - Natasha
• Julien Guiomar - Kommissar Bloret
• Régine - Simone
• Claude Brosset - Vidal
• Albert Simono - Inspector Leblanc

Accolades

• César Awards (France)
  • Won: Best Director (Claude Zidi)
  • Won: Best Editing (Nicole Saunier)
  • Won: Best Film
  • Nominated: Best Actor – Leading Role (Philippe Noiret)
  • Nominated: Best Writing – Original (Claude Zidi)

External links

• My New Partner at IMDb