Inspector Lavardin
En français • Thriller, Drama
1986 • France • Directed by Claude Chabrol
Inspector Lavardin sees the titular detective investigating the murder of a wealthy and respected catholic author, renowned for his outspoken views against indecency, whose body is found naked and dead on the beach.
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