Inspector Lavardin
Inspecteur Lavardin (original)
In this follow up to Claude Chabrol's CHICKEN WITH VINEGAR, Inspector Lavardin travels to a small coastal town to investigate the puzzling death of a devout and wealthy Roman Catholic writer who is found murdered on a beach with the word "PIG" written on his back. When the inspector arrives to investigate, he discovers that the widow, Helene, is an old flame he hasn't seen in 20 years. In the course of his probing, Lavardin inadvertently discovers the town holds other secrets.
Starring Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Luc Bideau, Jacques Dacqmine, Hermine Clair, Pierre-François Dumeniaud, Florent Gibassier, Guy Louret, Jean Depusse
Watch "Inspector Lavardin" from streaming services Amazon Prime, Mubi released in 1986. It's a thriller and crime movie, and has a rating of 6.5 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.