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Coup de Torchon (also known as Clean Slate) is a 1981 French crime film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and adapted from Jim Thompson 's 1964 novel Pop. 1280. The film changes the novel's setting from an American Southern town to a small town in French West Africa.
Nov 4, 1981 · Original title: Coup de torchon. 1981. Not Rated. 2h 8m. IMDb RATING. 7.4 /10. 6.7K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Play trailer 2:29. 3 Videos. 36 Photos. Comedy Crime Drama. A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life - and resorts to drastic means to do so. Director. Bertrand Tavernier. Writers.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Bertrand Tavernier
- 1981-11-04
Based on the novel "Pop. 1280" by. Jim Thompson. 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.
The local criminals openly mock Lucien's inability to put a stop to their illegal enterprises, and his unfaithful and shrewish wife Huguette (Stéphane Audran) is having a blatant affair with Nono...
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- Philippe Noiret
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Comedy
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.
police-corruption, police-chief, revenge, Africa, colonialism, extramarital-affair, oppression, prejudice, small-town, wife, lawman. Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for Coup de Torchon (1981) - Bertrand Tavernier on AllMovie - Based on pulp master Jim Thompson's Pop. 1280,….
Coup de Torchon is a 1981 French film adaptation of Jim Thompson's 1964 novel Pop. 1280, directed by Bertrand Tavernier. The film changes the novel's setting from a West Texas oil boom town to a small town in French West Africa. The film had 2,199,309 Admissions in France and was the 16th most attended film of the year.
