La Balance

L'indicateur de la 13e Brigade Territoriale a été assassiné. L'inspecteur en chef Palouzi doit absolument savoir pour pouvoir recruter en sécurité une nouvelle "balance", et enquêter sur les agissements du caïd Massina. Dédé, un ancien lieutenant du truand vivant avec une prostituée, semble être le bon choix…

A boy is kidnapped and murdered on the French riviera. The police, who had watched the delivery of the ransom to TWO men gives chase once they determine that the boy is dead. The police never loses sight of the TWO men who flee on a speedboat and run into an old lighthouse after landing. However, when the police surrounds the lighthouse, THREE men come out, each one claiming that he was there on a stroll and the following investigation can not determine who is lying. The three men are put on trial, but the jury finds them innocent, because they can not determine which two are guilty. Summary justice is made by a mob when the three men leave the court after their aquittal.

L'indicateur de la 13e Brigade Territoriale a été assassiné. L'inspecteur en chef Palouzi doit absolument savoir pour pouvoir recruter en sécurité une nouvelle "balance", et enquêter sur les agissements du caïd Massina. Dédé, un ancien lieutenant du truand vivant avec une prostituée, semble être le bon choix…

A boy is kidnapped and murdered on the French riviera. The police, who had watched the delivery of the ransom to TWO men gives chase once they determine that the boy is dead. The police never loses sight of the TWO men who flee on a speedboat and run into an old lighthouse after landing. However, when the police surrounds the lighthouse, THREE men come out, each one claiming that he was there on a stroll and the following investigation can not determine who is lying. The three men are put on trial, but the jury finds them innocent, because they can not determine which two are guilty. Summary justice is made by a mob when the three men leave the court after their aquittal.

Balance is a German animated film, released in 1989. It was directed and produced by twin brothers Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein.
The film depicts five individuals living on a small platform floating in space. Whenever one of them moves, the others must do so as well to ensure that the platform does not tip over. The group works cooperatively to maintain a "balance" until one individual pulls a box onto the platform. Since all are curious as to what the box is, the individuals try to inspect the box and their actions disrupt the balance of the platform, and those on it. All but one of the individuals is pushed or falls off the edges of the platform. In the end, the lone individual must maintain a balance with the box, which is well out of reach.
Balance won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short of 1989.

« Ça balance ! »… Laurent Gerra ne pouvait trouver meilleur titre pour ce concert exceptionnel où, entre le swing des musiciens de l’orchestre de Fred Manoukian et ses imitations, ça n’arrête pas de balancer pendant plus de deux heures et demie.

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