La Balance | |
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Directed by | Bob Swaim |
Produced by | Alexandre Mnouchkine Georges Dancigers |
Cinematography | Bernard Zitzermann |
Edited by | Françoise Javet |
Music by | Roland Bocquet |
Production companies | Les Films Ariane Films A2 |
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Running time | 103 min. |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $1.2 million[1] |
Box office | $31.4 million[2] |
La Balance (U.S. title: The Nark; literal translation : The Informer) is a 1982 French film directed by Bob Swaim. It stars Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Tchéky Karyo, Maurice Ronet and Jean-Paul Comart. It won the César Award for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress, and was nominated for Most Promising Actor (twice), Best Director, Best Writing – Original and Best Editing. The film had a total of 4,192,189 admissions in France becoming the 5th highest-grossing film of the year.[3]