Le paltoquet

In a gloomy bar near a port, a bartender, known as "paltoquet", watches four regulars as they play bridge while a mysterious woman lounges in a hammock. The sudden arrival of a police inspector, come to announce a crime, turns this seemingly innocent world upside down.

Director: Michel Deville (France, 1986)
Based on the novel "On a tué pendant l'escale" by Franz-Rudolf Falk.
Cast: Michel Piccoli (Paltoquet), Jeanne Moreau (Solange), Fanny Ardant (Lotte), Daniel Auteuil (the journalist), Richard Bohringer (the doctor), Philippe Léotard (the salesman), Jean Yanne (the inspector), Claude Piéplu (the professor)
Genre: thriller
Awards: 2 nominations (César 1987)
Parental guidance: TV-PG