Coup de Torchon (1981)
2h 8m
Running Time
November 4, 1981Release Date

Plot.
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.
Where to Watch.


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Cast & Crew.

Philippe Noiret
Lucien Cordier

Isabelle Huppert
Rose Mercaillou

Jean-Pierre Marielle
Le Peron

Stéphane Audran
Huguette Cordier

Eddy Mitchell
Nono

Guy Marchand
Marcel Chavasson

Irène Skobline
Anne, l'institutrice

Michel Beaune
Vanderbrouck

Jean Champion
Le curé

Victor Garrivier
Marcaillou

Gérard Hernandez
Leonelli

Abdoulaye Diop
Fête Nat

Daniel Langlet
Paulo

François Perrot
Le colonel Tramichel

Samba Mané
Vendredi

Raymond Hermantier
L'aveugle

Mamadou Dioumé
L'interprète au cinéma

Irénée Martin
La femme au cimetière / Assistant Costume Designer

Max Ernst
Le soldat mexicain (dans le film publicitaire 'Galeries Barbès')

Paul Grimault
Le condamné à mort (dans le film publicitaire 'Galeries Barbès')

Bertrand Tavernier
Director / Writer

Jean Aurenche
Writer

Jim Thompson
Novel

Henri Lassa
Producer

Adolphe Viezzi
Producer

Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer

Pierre-William Glenn
Director of Photography

Armand Psenny
Editor

Alexandre Trauner
Production Design

Hubert de Varine
Set Decoration

Franckie Diago
Set Decoration

Jacqueline Moreau
Costume Design

Paul Le Marinel
Key Makeup Artist

Ludovic Paris
Hairstylist

Jean Achache
Assistant Director

Frédéric Bourboulon
Assistant Director

Daniel Deleforges
Assistant Director

Makhete Diallo
Assistant Director

Roland Fruytier
Assistant Director

René Albouze
Props
Media.





Details.
Release DateNovember 4, 1981
Original NameCoup de torchon
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 8m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
murder
racism
french noir
voyeur
french colony
witty
Wiki.
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. The film had 2,199,309 admissions in France and was the 16th most attended film of the year. It received the Prix Méliès from the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics as the best French film of 1981.
Coup de Torchon was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards
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