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Two police inspectors travel to a province to investigate the death of an Algerian informer.
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Ben Sachs Chicago Reader 03/19/2015
The freewheeling narrative experimentation and cryptic social commentary recall 60s Godard, but the vibe is Bozon's own. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Elliott Film Comment Magazine 01/09/2015
As with the Golden Age American B-movies Bozon admires, Tip Top's primary concern is not with identifying the bad guy, but with smuggling in as much additional information as possible, including televised images of the unfolding Arab Spring. Go to Full Review
Melissa Anderson Artforum 12/12/2014
This sui generis policier audaciously balances slapstick with a fiercely intelligent probing of the still-knotty legacy of France's colonialist past. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 09/19/2019
4/5
Bozon has created another strange hybrid of form with this blackly comedic, sexually perverse examination of racial inequality and notable political bigotry. Go to Full Review
David Noh Film Journal International 12/12/2014
One minute a tense police procedural, the next a wacky Almodvarian sex farce, this schizophrenic enterprise is more wearying than entertaining. Go to Full Review
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05/04/2015 An odd and overly-brainy mess. Skip it. See more walter m 12/28/2014 In "Tip Top," a confidential informant from Algeria has been murdered. Esther Lafarge(Isabelle Huppert) has been assigned the case. She chooses Sally Marinelli(Sandrine Kiberlain), who had been demoted to internal affairs for personal reasons, to be her assistant. Together, they investigate the case, starting by talking to the victim's wife Virginie(Karole Rochar). Robert Mendes(Francois Damiens) takes another angle, by recruiting Younes(Aymen Saidi) to be his new informant. "Tip Top" is an offbeat political mystery that is as interested in who the victim was as who the murderer is. In this immigrant milieu, reflected by rioting simultaneously occurring in Algeria, the movie is very much interested in identity. So, investigating are two women who are not so strange for their sexual fetishes but for other reasons. Sally might not have a personal identity of her own and has to copy others while Esther might just be a vampire. That being said, they still go out and do their job in the most professional way possible. See more 04/29/2014 Such a disappointment. A disjointed story, unfunny (for the most part) deadpan humor, and a colossal waste of talent. See more 03/22/2014 I have no idea what drove the director to mix some personal perversity demons and unfunny political anti-correctness into a ordinary cop story, even the execution is worse than a school drama. A waste of time See more 03/22/2014 Awful is not a strong enough word See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Two police inspectors travel to a province to investigate the death of an Algerian informer.
Director
Serge Bozon
Producer
David Thion, Philippe Martin, Nicolas Steil
Screenwriter
Axelle Ropert, Serge Bozon
Production Co
Les Films Pelléas, Iris Films, Iris Productions, Artemis Productions, Hérodiade Films
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
May 12, 2016
Runtime
1h 46m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.66:1)
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