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.
Subs
Subs
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Cast & Crew.
Philippe Noiret
Lucien Cordier
Isabelle Huppert
Rose Marcaillou
Stéphane Audran
Huguette
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Le Péron
Eddy Mitchell
Nono
Guy Marchand
Marcel Chavasson
Irène Skobline
Anne
Michel Beaune
Vanderbrouck
Jean Champion
Priest
Gérard Hernandez
Leonelli
Abdoulaye Diop
Fête Nat
Victor Garrivier
Marcaillou
Daniel Langlet
Paulo
Bertrand Tavernier
Director
Jean Aurenche
Writer
François Perrot
Le colonel Tramichel
Samba Mané
Vendredi
Jim Thompson
Writer
Raymond Hermantier
L'aveugle
Mamadou Dioumé
L'interprète au cinéma
Henri Lassa
Producer
Adolphe Viezzi
Producer
Irénée Martin
La femme au cimetière / Assistant Costume Designer
Philippe Sarde
Composer
Max Ernst
Le soldat mexicain (dans le film publicitaire 'Galeries Barbès')
Paul Grimault
Le condamné à mort (dans le film publicitaire 'Galeries Barbès')
Pierre-William Glenn
Cinematographer
Armand Psenny
Editor
Alexandre Trauner
ProductionDesigner
Jean Achache
Assistant Director
Ludovic Paris
Hairstylist
Frédéric Bourboulon
Assistant Director
Paul Le Marinel
Key Makeup Artist
Franckie Diago
Set Decoration
Hubert de Varine
Set Decoration
Jacqueline Moreau
Costume Design
Daniel Deleforges
Assistant Director
René Albouze
Props
Catherine d'Hoir
Assistant Sound Editor
Roland Fruytier
Assistant Director
Yvette Bonnay
Assistant Costume Designer
Michael Coulter
First Assistant Camera
Maurice Gilbert
Sound Mixer
Luce Grunenwaldt
Sound Editor
Claude Villand
Sound Mixer
Alain Choquart
Second Assistant Camera
Pierre Fontaine
Set Dresser
Makhete Diallo
Assistant Director
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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