The death of a rotten person is the starting point of the film (a politician). But it turns out that all those who are not dead are also rotten. In the midst of this world, Alain Delon tries to be honest, faithful in friendship. He tries to find out who killed his friend while he is involved in the search for notebooks that denounce a system of widespread malfeasance and misappropriation. The whole world of profiteers does not want to lose its privileges and is therefore looking for the notebook in question, at any cost, and are all ready to kill. All the people Alain Delon meets are shot or killed by force. But he keeps only one obsession: to know the murderer of his friend Maurice Ronet.
The cast is high-flying, even in very secondary roles. In the performances, Julien Guiomar or Klaus Kinski give great performances in perfidy and duplicity. Stéphane Audran carries very high the art of subtle decadence. Ornella Mutti on the other hand is insipid, because of her character without substance and almost useless (he has no thickness).
The story ends with a confirmation that things are rotten everywhere, including in the police and in the state. A joyfully nihilistic police film, made during the Giscard years.
The cast is high-flying, even in very secondary roles. In the performances, Julien Guiomar or Klaus Kinski give great performances in perfidy and duplicity. Stéphane Audran carries very high the art of subtle decadence. Ornella Mutti on the other hand is insipid, because of her character without substance and almost useless (he has no thickness).
The story ends with a confirmation that things are rotten everywhere, including in the police and in the state. A joyfully nihilistic police film, made during the Giscard years.