''Tip Top'' is a 2013 Franco-Belgian

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directed by

Serge Bozon Serge Bozon (; born 8 November 1972) is a French film director, film critic and actor. Filmography Film director * 1998 : ''L'Amitié'' * 2003 : ''Mods'' * 2007 : '' La France'' * 2013 : '' Tip Top'' * 2017 : '' Madame Hyde'' Actor A ...

and starring

Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Described as "one of the best actresses in the world", she is known for her portrayals of cold and disdainful characters devoid of morality. She is the recipient of sev ...

. The story was adapted from the novel of the same name by

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, under the pseudonym David Craig. It was screened in the

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section of the

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Plot

Two urban female internal affairs inspectors join the police department of a small village in order to investigate the murder of an

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n man who was an

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Cast

Sandrine Kiberlain Sandrine Kiberlain (born Sandrine Kiberlajn; 25 February 1968) is a French actress and singer. Her most notable roles were in the films '' The Patriots'' (1994), '' A Self Made Hero'' (1996), ''For Sale'' (1998), ''Alias Betty'' (2001), ''Madem ...

as Sally Marinelli *

as Esther Lafarge *

François Damiens François Georges Henri Marie Ghislain Joseph Damiens (; born 17 January 1973) is a Belgian actor. Career He has appeared in more than fifty films since 2000. He started out doing hidden camera videos in the 90s and became widely popular in B ...

as Robert Mendès *

Samy Naceri Saïd Naceri ( ar, سعيد ناصري, link=no; born 2 July 1961), known as Samy Naceri (), is a French actor known for his work in the four ''Taxi'' films and '' The Code'' (''La Mentale''). Early life and career Naceri was born to an Algerian ...

as Gérald * Karole Rocher as Virginie * François Négret as Nadal * Aymen Saïdi as Younès * Elie Lison as Rozynski * Saïda Bekkouche as Saida Bekkouche

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* 2013 films 2010s comedy mystery films French comedy mystery films 2010s French-language films Films set in France Films shot in Belgium Films shot in Luxembourg Films directed by Serge Bozon 2013 comedy films 2010s French films French-language Belgian films {{mystery-film-stub

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