My New Partner

My New Partner, also called Le Cop, is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi that stars Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte.

Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue but is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from training.

When François, an idealistic young cop from the provinces, is assigned to work alongside him, he tries to teach the new man the facts of big city life.

When the pair learn that a huge consignment of heroin is to be exchanged for cash, they decide to lift the money.

Simone and Natacha greet him on release, and out of the morning mist François arrives with the racehorse he has bought for Réné.