La Balance

La Balance
Directed byBob Swaim
Produced byAlexandre Mnouchkine
Georges Dancigers
CinematographyBernard Zitzermann
Edited byFrançoise Javet
Music byRoland Bocquet
Production
companies
Release date
  • 10 November 1982 (1982-11-10)
Running time
103 min.
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
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]

  1. ^ Taylor, Clarke (16 August 1987). "AN EXPATRIATE IN PARIS GETS THE HOLLYWOOD BUG". Los Angeles Times. p. C42. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  2. ^ "La Balance (1982)". JPBox-Office.
  3. ^ "La Balance (1982)". JPBox-Office.