---
title: 'Chicken with Vinegar (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Claude Chabrol'
released: '1985-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/chicken-with-vinegar-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089832/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Chicken with Vinegar (1985)

1985 · 110 min · Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Mystery · France

Original title: Poulet au vinaigre

## Synopsis

Cop au Vin is a 1985 French crime film directed by Claude Chabrol. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. The original French title is a pun: it literally means "vinegar chicken," but "poulet" is also French slang for "cop." The English title is also a pun on coq au vin. Chabrol made a sequel in 1986 titled Inspecteur Lavardin.

## Credits

- **Editor:** [Monique Fardoulis](https://cinepixo.com/people/monique-fardoulis)
- **Director:** [Claude Chabrol](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-chabrol)
- **Screenplay:** [Claude Chabrol](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-chabrol), [Dominique Roulet](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-roulet)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Matthieu Chabrol](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthieu-chabrol)
- **Producer:** [Marin Karmitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/marin-karmitz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean Rabier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-rabier)

## Cast

- [Andrée Tainsy](https://cinepixo.com/people/andree-tainsy)
- [Pauline Lafont](https://cinepixo.com/people/pauline-lafont)
- [Stéphane Audran](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephane-audran)
- [Jean-Marie Arnoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marie-arnoux)
- [Jacques Frantz](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-frantz)
- [Jean Topart](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-topart)
- [Dominique Zardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-zardi)
- [Josephine Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/josephine-chaplin)
- [Lucas Belvaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucas-belvaux)
- [Jean Poiret](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-poiret)
- [Michel Bouquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-bouquet)
- [Henri Attal](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-attal)
- [Jean-Claude Bouillaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-bouillaud)
- [Caroline Cellier](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-cellier)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/chicken-with-vinegar-1985
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