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Box office. $16.5 million [1] 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. [2] [3] The film had 2,199,309 admissions in France ...
Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Neely Swanson Easy Reader (California) “Coup de Torchon” is one of the most devastatingly sly, raw and brilliant indictments of man’s inhumanity to man ...
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- Philippe Noiret
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Comedy
His 1981 black comedy/crime drama earned Tavernier an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language film. Stationed in a remote town in Senegal, ineffectual police chief Lucien Cordier (Philippe Noiret) is routinely harassed by thugs and nagged by his adulterous wife Huguette (Stephane Audran). Pushed to the limits, Lucien finally flips, embarking on a killing spree aimed at ridding ...
The New York Times. Coup de Torchon, which opens today at the Paris, has Mr. Tavernier's typical polish, which means it has much to recommend it. But however impressive the meticulousness and conviction on display here, or the performances Mr. Tavernier has elicited, Coup de Torchon seems strangely lacking in overall momentum and direction.
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Philippe Noiret
Based on pulp master Jim Thompson's Pop. 1280, Bertrand Tavernier's Coup de Torchon is a sardonic thriller that remains true to its source's spirit, even as it transposes the action from the American South to colonial West Africa. Lucien (Philippe Noiret) is the bumbling police chief of Bourkasa, a dusty outpost in rural Senegal.
- Bertrand Tavernier
Mar 2, 2024 · Streaming AvailabilityOn 2 Services. Drama Comedy 1981 2h 8m. A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life - and resorts to drastic means to do so. Coup de Torchon featuring Philippe Noiret and Isabelle Huppert is streaming on MAX. It's a comedy and drama movie with a better than average IMDb ...
Coup de Torchon. Coup de Torchon, also known as Clean Slate, is a 1981 French crime movie directed by Bertrand Tavernier and was based on the 1964 novel Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson. It stars Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Stéphane Audran, Eddy Mitchell, Guy Marchand, Jean Champion and was nominated for an Academy Award ...
