
A French man spies on a lovely younger woman across the way. When he's spotted by the woman shortly after being questioned by the police about a local murder, the man's simple life becomes more complicated.
Cast

Michel Blanc
Monsieur Hire

Sandrine Bonnaire
Alice

Luc Thuillier
Émile

André Wilms
Police inspector

Philippe Dormoy
François
Marie Gaydu
Young girl
Michel Morano
Taxi driver
Nora Noël
Guardian
Bernard Soufflet
Tattoo artist

Eric Bérenger
Bowling alley manager
Marielle Berthon
Pierette Bourgeois

Cristiana Réali
Teenager at the bowling
Andre Bauduin
Pancake consumer
Rozeen Landrevie
Little girl with the bouquet
Crew

Patrice Leconte
Director, Writer, Scenario Writer, Adaptation, Camera Operator, Dialogue

Patrick Dewolf
Writer

Georges Simenon
Novel
Joëlle Hache
Editor
Denis Lenoir
Director of Photography
Marie-Claude Beauchaud
Second Assistant Director
Étienne Dhaene
Assistant Director

Philippe Carcassonne
Producer

René Cleitman
Producer

Ivan Maussion
Production Design
Pascal Ridao
First Assistant Camera
Pascal Lagriffoul
Second Assistant Camera
Catherine Chambelland
Casting

Elisabeth Tavernier
Costume Design
Judith Gayo
Makeup Artist
Tina Kopecka
Makeup Artist
Dominique Hennequin
Sound Engineer
Pierre Lenoir
Sound Engineer, Sound

Michael Nyman
Original Music Composer

Patrick Cauderlier
Stunts
Gilles Conseil
Stunts

Daniel Vérité
Stunts
Frédéric Sauvagnac
Production Manager
Denis Castel
Unit Production Manager
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