La Sentinelle (The Sentinel) (1992)
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81% of users liked it
(316 ratings)
After spending some time with his diplomat father in Germany, a young French medical student returns by train to Paris to resume his studies. He is puzzled by the harsh treatment he receives from customs at the border but doesn't begin to understand why until he gets home and discovers a… More After spending some time with his diplomat father in Germany, a young French medical student returns by train to Paris to resume his studies. He is puzzled by the harsh treatment he receives from customs at the border but doesn't begin to understand why until he gets home and discovers a mummified head in his luggage. He suspects that someone at customs put it there, but is not sure. Instead of reporting the meandering body part, he decides to investigate it using the tools he has as a medical student. It appears to be the head of a Russian who died somewhere in Asia. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Directed By
- Arnaud Desplechin
- Written By
- Pascale Ferran, Noémie Lvovsky, Emmanuel Salinger, Arnaud Desplechin
- Genres
- Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 20, 1992 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
But the film itself was too poorly executed to sustain an interest in its long drawn out and meandering story.
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Cast
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Emmanuel Salinger
as Mathias Barillet
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Thibault de Montalembert
as Jean-Jacques
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Jean-Louis Richard
as Bleicher
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Marianne Denicourt
as Marie Barillet
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Jean-Luc Boutte
as Varins
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Bruno Todeschini
as William
- Philippe Duclos
- Fabrice Desplechin
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Emmanuelle Devos
as Claude
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Philippe Laudenbach
as Catholic priest
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Nadine Alari
as Mathias' mother
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Jean-Pierre Ducos
as Cop in train
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Hubert Gillet
as Cop in train
- Laszlo Szabo
- Philippe Besson
- Jeff Cohen
- Stéphane Thiébaut
- Mathieu Amalric
- Reginald Huguenin
- Nicolas Lublin
- Jean-Pierre Jorris
- Valerie Dreville
