Les Keufs (1987)

Les Keufs is a French crime film first released in 1987, directed by Josiane Balasko.  The film stars Josiane Balasko, Isaach De Bankolé, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Ticky Holgado and Jean-Marie Marion.  It has also been released under the title: Lady Cops.  Our overall rating for this film is: mediocre.


Inspector Mireille Molyneux’s one-woman attempt to smash a prostitution ring leads her into deep water when the suspects she arrests turn out to be officers of the IGS, the so-called police of the police.  Sidelined by her colleagues, reprimanded by her boss, Molyneux decides to carry on her work, assisted by IGS inspector Biaise Lacroix...

Josiane Balasko certainly fits the role of a no-nonsense, tough female cop, but her feisty performance in this, her second film as a director, is just about all the film has going for it.  The situations, characters and plot are all about as clichéd and banal as they could be, lacking the charm and inspiration of Balasko’s later films.  A lacklustre script and mediocre performances from the supporting cast greatly diminishes the film’s entertainment value and it is a real chore to have to sit it through to the bitter end.

© James Travers 2008

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