COUP DE TORCHON
synopsis
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.
international title: | Coup de Torchon |
original title: | Coup de torchon |
country: | France |
year: | 1982 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Bertrand Tavernier |
film run: | 128' |
release date: | FR 04/11/1981, DK 29/03/1982, FI 30/09/1982, DE 19/11/1982, BE 10/02/1983, NL 07/04/1983, PT 29/08/1985, IT 26/09/1985, ES 1986 |
screenplay: | Jean Aurenche, Bertrand Tavernier |
cast: | Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran |
cinematography by: | Pierre-William Glenn |
film editing: | Armand Psenny |
art director: | Alexandre Trauner |
costumes designer: | Jacqueline Moreau |
producer: | Henri Lassa, Adolphe Viezzi |