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Dossier 51 is a french film of genre Drama directed by Michel Deville with Roger Planchon

Dossier 51 (1978)

Dossier 51
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Length 1h48
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Crime
Themes Spy films
Rating72% 3.6265153.6265153.6265153.6265153.626515

Dossier 51 (French: Le Dossier 51) is a 1978 French crime drama film directed by Michel Deville and based on a novel by Gilles Perrault. Deville and Perrault won a César Award for Best Writing for their adaptation. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.

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Le diplomate Dominique Auphal mène une vie tranquille jusqu'à ce que des services secrets mettent sous haute surveillance sa vie privée à la recherche d'une faille qui pourrait permettre de le forcer à travailler pour eux.

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