Dear Inspector

Dear Inspector

Directed by Philippe de Broca

Produced by Les Films Ariane, Mondex Films

1978105 min5.8 / 10

A romantic comedy-mystery that balances rekindled attraction between two former lovers with a murder investigation, driven by charm and witty deception rather than darkness or suspense.

When Lise's car bumps Antoine's bike, they recognize each other from a brief fling 20 years before while at the Sorbonne. He's now a professor of Greek; she's loathe to tell him she's a police inspector. A call interrupts their first dinner date: a Deputy of the National Assembly has been murdered. She has a suspect, another Deputy, and must track him while deflecting Antoine's eye from her vocation. All roads in the inquiry lead to Christine Vallier, the dead Deputy's mistress, a beguiling 22-year-old whose mother ran the Assembly's snack bar. When more deputies die and Antoine learns Lise's identity, she must act quickly solve the crime and save her future.

Questions people ask

  • Is Dear Inspector easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does Dear Inspector end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Dear Inspector sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is Dear Inspector scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Dear Inspector violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

18/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity36

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise9

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Dear Inspector

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Dear Inspector

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Dear Inspector, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Dear Inspector, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Dear Inspector, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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