Philippe Noiret
Lucien Cordier
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A 1981 French crime film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and adapted from Jim Thompson's novel Pop. 1280. It follows a policeman who kills his tormentors and his wife's lover in a small town in French West Africa in 1938.
A neonoir film by Bertrand Tavernier based on Jim Thompson's novel Pop. 1280, set in French West Africa. Philippe Noiret and Isabelle Huppert star as a corrupt police chief and his mistress in this darkly humorous and visually stunning thriller.
- Lucien Cordier
A humiliated police chief in a French African colony becomes a ruthless killer in this adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel Pop. 1280. Starring Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert and Stéphane Audran, directed by Bertrand Tavernier.
- (6.8K)
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Bertrand Tavernier
- 1981-11-04
Bertrand Tavernier’s “Coup de Torchon” is a cruel intellectual joke played on its characters — who endure boredom, self-contempt, hate, dust, flies and sometimes even death without being allowed to know they’re only part of an existential parable.
Ce film est adapté d'un roman policier de Jim Thompson, 1275 âmes (Pop. 1280 en version originale ; no 1000 de la Série noire) qui se situe dans un petit village du Sud des États-Unis. Le scénario replaçant l'histoire dans l'Afrique coloniale française, les Noirs américains deviennent les Indigènes des colonies dans le film.
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Les Films de la TourFilms A2Little Bear
- Jean AurencheBertrand Tavernier
Trailer for the new 4K restoration of Bertrand Tavernier's COUP DE TORCHON (1981), starring Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, and Stéphane Audran. rialtopic...
- 2 min
- 8K
- Rialto Pictures
Overview. A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it. Bertrand Tavernier. Director, Writer. Jim Thompson.
