Coup de torchon (1981)

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Directed by

Bertrand Tavernier

Starring (View all)

Philippe Noiret
Lucien Cordier

Isabelle Huppert
Rose Marcaillou

Jean-Pierre Marielle
Le Peron et son frère L'adjudant Georges Le Peron

Stéphane Audran
Huguette Cordier

Eddy Mitchell
Nono - l'amant demeuré d'Huguette

Guy Marchand
Marcel Chavasson

Irène Skobline
Anne - la nouvelle institutrice

Michel Beaune
Vanderbrouck - un nouveau riche arrogant

Written by (View all)

Jean Aurenche

Bertrand Tavernier

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Coup de torchon (1981)

6 years, 8 months ago at Mar 28 17:07

Rath

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In principle, a film starring Noiret, Huppert and Marielle and signed by Tavernier has the mark of excellence. On this occasion the achievements do not reach what could be expected but not disappoint. The pervasive violence is more internalized than visible, looking attenuated by a virulent but always refined humor. It also contributes naturalist strange atmosphere in that torrid colonial enclave.... read more

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1938, in a French african colony. Lucien Cordier is the cop of this village, populated with blacks and a few whites (usually racialist and lustful). He is a washout, everyone (including his wife Huguette) humiliates him. He never arrests anyone and looks at elsewhere when a dirty trick occurs. But one day, he turns into a machiavellian exterminating angel.

Release date: 4 November 1981
UPC: 037429149829

Tags: Drama (2), Comedy (2), Crime (2), Based On Novel (2), French Colonial (2), Retaliation (1), France (1), Murder (1), Infidelity (1), Racism (1), Police (1), Africa (1), Colonialism (1), Serial Killer (1), Female Frontal Nudity (1), Female Nudity (1), Prostitute (1), Lust (1), Peeping Tom (1)

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"18.10.2020, YLE Areena Hiljakseen eteenpäin ajelehtiva psykologinen trilleri(hkö) 30-luvun ranskalaisessa Afrikassa. Paino on ennen kaikkea sekä ranskalaisessa siirtomaakulttuurissa ja sen epämiellyttävässä arvomaailmassa, että erinomaisissa hahmoissa ja näiden välisessä dynamiikassa. Laiskasilmäinen ja lupsakka Philippe Noiret loistaa pääosassa, mitä energinen ja sähisevä Isabelle Huppert tukee mainiosti."