Video Description
When a police informant is gunned down, a violently determined vice cop must recruit a new stool pigeon - one that can finally take down the unassailable local mob boss. The line between the cops and gangsters becomes thoroughly blurred as Dede (Philippe Lotard,
Les Miserables, The French Connection II), a rather likeable and charismatic pimp, is brutally forced by the police to 'rat out' his former boss and arch nemesis, the elusive Massina. Remarkable performances, especially from Nathalie Baye (
The Return of Martin Guerre) as Dede's girlfriend/prostitute, helped La Balance sweep the Csar Awards (France's equivalent of the Oscars) including one for Best Film.