Coup de torchon
by Bertrand Tavernier2h081981France
Recommended byCosta Gavras, Jerry Schatzberg, Aki Kaurismäki, Albert Dupontel
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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.
Credits
- Distributor : Studiocanal
- Production Compagny : Les Films A2, Les Films de la Tour, Little Bear
- Original Music : Philippe Sarde
- Set Decoration : Alexandre Trauner
- Photo Director : Pierre-William Glenn
- Scenario : Jean Aurenche, Bertrand Tavernier
- Original Work Author : Jim Thompson
- Sound Recorder : Michel Desrois
- Editing : Armand Psenny
- Producer : Henri Lassa, Adolphe Viezzi
- Director : Bertrand Tavernier
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1981
- French release date : 4 November 1981
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Colors
- Language : French