The head of the BRI (Anti-Gang Brigade). He is a "Dirty Harry" type who operates in the moral grey, prioritising results and loyalty to his team over the rulebook.
The story centers on a desperate hunt for a violent gang of thieves who have been hijacking armoured vans across Paris. However, the real war is internal. The Chief of Police (André Dussollier) announces his retirement and makes a cold proposition: whoever nails the gang will inherit his throne at the headquarters. 36th Precinct(2004)
In the grim, neon-lit corridors of French crime cinema, few films hit as hard or as cold as Olivier Marchal’s (2004)—originally titled 36 Quai des Orfèvres . Directed by a former police officer who spent 12 years on the force, the film bypasses the glossy heroics of Hollywood to deliver a "down-and-dirty" look at the politics of policing. A War on Two Fronts The head of the BRI (Anti-Gang Brigade)
This setup pits two veteran lieutenants—once friends, now bitter rivals—against each other: However, the real war is internal