Bailiff film: Bailiffs in the movies
Films or TV movies rarely give bailiffs a prominent role. Often portrayed as embittered old men, the judicial officers presented in films are the opposite of the reality of this young, modern, technologically advanced and increasingly feminised profession. Clichés have a hard life. However, some directors take the risk to show the humanity of judicial officers.
We propose you a non-exhaustive tour of some bailiffs at the cinema:
film Bailiffs: bailiffs in the movies
In 2012, Gregory Magne and Stéphane Viard propose L'Air de Riena nice film on the friendship found again between a former star(Michel Delpech, in his own role) and one of his fans Gregory Montel, very convincing), bailiff. Thirty years ago, Michel had a string of hits. Today, he collects debts! Retired to the countryside, the former singer is accumulating back taxes and unpaid fines. Some thirty years ago, Grégory Morel was rocked to the sound of Michel's hits. Today judicial officer, he is mandated to seize him. But Gregory does not feel to confiscate the goods of the ex-idole. He puts himself in mind to help him to refund it and takes Michel on the roads of an improbable tour. Over the course of the concerts and the miles, Grégory and Michel will, as if nothing had happened, discover each other and settle many other liabilities.
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In 2010, Hippolyte Girardot was camping a judicial officer in the grip of a debtor who sequestered him in Dernier étage gauche gauche... Like every morning, François Echeveria - bailiff of his state - should have been able to carry out his seizure of the day in this suburban city, then quietly return to his cosy nest. But on the anniversary of September 11th, fate decided otherwise, putting on his way a destitute father and his restless son... who are taking him hostage.
Three men who are trapped for 24 hours on the seventh floor of a tower block soon surrounded by GIGN agents who think they are terrorists. Three men who fight inside an apartment but are soon condemned to understand each other, to tame each other and to get along. Three men who quickly transform this powder keg into an absurd human comedy.
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Finally, in Vincent Gareng's Présumé Coupable, Alain Marécaux, a bailiff in Outreau, is arrested in 2001, along with his wife, for horrible acts of paedophilia that they never committed. For this innocent man, it is the beginning of a descent into hell in the face of an incredibly unjust and inhuman legal system. This breathtaking film brings us back to life the drama of the Outreau affair, through the fight of Alain Marécaux, beautifully played by Philippe Torreton.