La Balance

La Balance is a 1982 French police film written and directed by the American-born Bob Swaim. Combining crime and drama, it runs about 102 minutes. The title means roughly "the informer"; in the United States the film was released as The Nark, and in Germany it carried the title La Balance – Der Verrat. It drew 4,192,189 admissions in France and was the fifth highest-grossing film of its year.

The cast is led by Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Tchéky Karyo, Maurice Ronet and Jean-Paul Comart, and also includes Richard Berry, France Anglade, Christophe Malavoy, Florent Pagny and François Berléand.

At the 1983 César Awards the film won Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress. It was also nominated twice for Most Promising Actor and once each for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing; three of its eight nominations turned into awards.