fine psychological thriller" in which "the potential staginess of the material... is admirably shaken by inspired adaptation, mise en scène and editing." In The New York Times, Janet Maslin called it "a slow, claustrophobic crime melodrama with a lot of talk" but "the actors help keep the film relatively engrossing." Roy Armes wrote that the film "shows Miller's skills at their finest," and added that it is "a pure, hundred-minute spectacle, a story that holds the attention unerringly but which in its unfolding destroys its own painfully built logic." Awards 1981: Prix Méliès - Best Film 1981: Montreal World Film Festival - Best Screenplay 1982 César Awards: Best Writing - Claude Miller, Michel Audiard, Jean Herman Best Actor - Michel Serrault Best Supporting Actor - Guy Marchand Best Editing - Albert Jurgenson Remake Garde à Vue was remade in 2000 as Under Suspicion. References External links 1981 films 1980s psychological thriller films French psychological thriller films French neo-noir films Police detective films Films scored by Georges Delerue Films featuring a Best Actor César Award-winning performance Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor César Award-winning performance Films directed by Claude Miller Fiction about suicide Films based on British novels Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard 1980s French-language films 1980s French films