La sentinelle (1992)

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Country: France
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1998-10-16
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Writers: Arnaud Desplechin , Pascale Ferran , Noémie Lvovsky , Emmanuel Salinger
Language: French | German | Russian | English
Stars: Emmanuel Salinger , Thibault de Montalembert , Jean-Louis Richard , Valérie Dréville , Marianne Denicourt , Jean-Luc Boutté , Bruno Todeschini , Philippe Duclos , Fabrice Desplechin , Emmanuelle Devos
Runtime: 139 min
Awards: 4 wins & 5 nominations
AKA: Часовой (Russian Federation) , El centinela (Argentina) , Hlídka (Czech Republic) , The Sentinel , Ο φρουρός (Greece) , The Sentinel (United Kingdom) , La centinela (Spain) , The Sentinel (United States of America) , Wartownik (Poland) , Die Wache (Germany) , La sentinelle , La sentinelle (France, French Republic) , Santinela (Romania) , Az őrszem (Hungary) , 魂を救え! (Japan)
Plot: Mathias, whose dead father was a diplomat in Germany, decides to study the forensic medicine in Paris. In the train, he has some troubles with the border police, and is insulted and threatened by a strange man, who disappeared quickly. Next day, he discovers in his luggage a shrunken human head. He soons becomes fascinated by it, feeling responsible (sentry of the memory of the head's owner) and starts his own investigation. What will leads him to cope with French secret services.
IMDB:tt0105356