My New Partner (Les Ripoux) 40 years old

My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the start of the film, his partner is busted for corruption and he narrowly escapes. He is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt his new partner and, after a slow start, succeeds spectacularly.

Credits

Philippe Noiret as René Boirond

Régine as Simone

Claude Brosset as Vidal

Grace de Capitani as Natasha

Thierry Lhermitte as François Lesbuche

My New Partner Cast

Name	Character
Philippe Noiret He was 53, 76 years old when he died	as René Boirond
Régine She was 54, now 94 years old	as Simone
Claude Brosset He was 40, 63 years old when he died	as Vidal
Grace de Capitani She was 27, now 67 years old	as Natasha
Thierry Lhermitte He was 31, now 72 years old	as François Lesbuche

My New Partner Crew

Name	Department
Jean-Jacques Tarbès as Director of Photography. He was 31 (now 71) years old	Camera
Nicole Saunier as Editor. She was 37 (now 77) years old	Editing
Claude Zidi as Director. He was 50 (now 90) years old	Directing
Claude Zidi as Screenplay. He was 50 (now 90) years old	Writing
Didier Kaminka as Screenplay. He was 41 (now 81) years old	Writing

My New Partner (40 years)

Release day: Wednesday, September 19, 1984
Runtime: 107 minutes