Today I was going to Mamma Mia le firm with my friends. I had to stop my work at four o'clock to go. Before I went I thought it was a bad idea, however I made it there on time. THen one of my friend was late so we missed the current showing and had to wait to the next, which starts at 8h10. En tout cas we thought it was a bad idea waiting so late. Then we headed to another cinema for the same film. Unfortunately they don't have it. But in this cinema they often show 'cool' films like original films in other languages. When we arrived there, which was about 6h, Al Pachino's 'Serpico' was about to be shown. So the lady at the guichet suggested this is one of the films to go. I love Al Pacino! I certainly hope the others would choose to see it too. Then we learned that it is the 'Classique Showing' so it can be shown maybe just this one time. So we didn't hesitate to go in. As this is 'Classique showing', someone was there introducing the film, in French of course, and the salle was full! So we had to sneak in to the empty front rolls. From there I had to look up with my head tilted to a certain degree throughout the film. But we didn't miss one bit of it and I really enjoyed it.
It was about the police corruption in the 70s in America. It's in the 70s because Al Pachino wore all those hippy styles clothes which still look chic today. He played a cop called Franco Serpico, a cop with ambition, honesty and integrity who entered this profession for a dream. However as a patroler he soon began to notice the dark and passive sides of the police force. He then asked to be transfered to be undercovered, but he ended up worse because he was forced to take bribes on the street as everybody else did. He didn't want it then everyone started to treat him as an enemy. He pleaded through channels, risking his life, and being a loner, but the authority seemed complaisant with this. This film started with him being shot, and then everybody seems to have expected it. Ironically with his miraculous recovery, he was awarded a medal of honour for his brevery to step up to fight for corruption. At the end it says Serpico is living in Switzerland, that means this man really exists.
En tout cas, I really like this film and am glad I went to it! Brilliant!