As many elements as the film reconstitutes faithfully

Tempus fugit! Twenty years, exactly twenty-three years after their disappearance of the small screen, "Les Brigades du Tigre" announce the spring with their return to the big screen. Order paper worship in the vein of "Thierry" the sling "Belphegor", "The companions of Jehu"... , directed by Rolland Gritty, released in 36 episodes for nine years, from 1974 to 1983. The French then met with the twelve regional brigades of police created in 1907 by Clemenceau, said "the Tiger", to fight banditry. The police officers who are assigned the "mobilards" lie between anti-riot Brigades of today and the Group of the national police (GIPN). They receive specific training shooting, combat sports, including French boxing (the famous "savate"), cane-sword they have the latest weapons, cars (De Dion-Bouton, Panhard & Levassor) and new techniques of forensic science (portraits-robots, empreintes digitales, autopsy). As many elements as the film reconstitutes faithfully.

The first mission of the "mobilards" is to eliminate Bonnot (and his band), the "inventor" of the Steering with vehicle. For memory, this former lyonnais mechanic, make-up of stolen cars, dark in grand banditry after having crossed the path of ultraviolents anarchists, followers of the "propaganda by the fact" (attacks, assassinations). Hunted relentlessly, to be "tight", Bonnot was out in 1911, killing the Deputy Chief of security. This will be the last time. In April 1912, he was surrounded by dozens of police and soldiers. He has no chance. Here again, the movie renders with an attention to detail the encirclement and the end of Bonnot in the canister.

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Jérôme Cornuau the Director of "Move!" and "Mad for it" took over the history of stalking of Bonnot (Jacques Gamblin, excellent, as it must be underlined all the actors in the film). He added two stories: that of a group of Russian nihilists who want to derail the Triple agreement () and that of shady financial rewarding on the backs of small savers who founded all their hopes on Russian loans. Note in passing that the appearance of the beautiful Diane Kruger in the role of Constance gives an angry want to reread the prince Kropotkin in the text. Is that the Director has also resumed the characters in the TV series: the Commissioner Valentin and inspectors Terrasson and Pujol. The characters are much longer, almost at the beginning, each as a BD, reaching in depth and complexity to the as dramas shake the film. Valentin (Clovis Cornillac), in républicano-Kantian COP which ignores: sense of justice, of the State, etc. Terasson (Olivier Gourmet) in truculent provençal released a novel of Pagnol: sports ("it teaches the savate"), good living, good husband, good father, good colleague. Pujol (Edouard Baer): dandy the cane-sword, cynical, a bit violent "returned", loving the good words, protective used Knight of a prostitute. Director the last loan: the original music for the series, signed Claude Bolling. With these remixed ingredients, Jérôme Cornuau wanted to make "a popular, entertaining and personal film". Objective met. "The Brigades du Tigre", it is the film to see family during the Easter holidays.