Review of Erreur sur la personne

This movie begins as the ordinary cop story, with officer Renard losing the use of his right ear after being shot in the head. A fragment of the bullet remains in his brain and cannot be removed, that makes his chief wary of him and reluctant to give him another assignment. He is appointed to follow the case of a very attractive girl who stole the wallets of several men. He finds her, but instead of arresting her he starts to follow her and finds out the reasons behind her financing the staging of Strindberg's "Miss Julie" with the money she stole. Very intriguing movie, although the end remains a bit too open...