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Coup de Torchon is a french film of genre Drama directed by Bertrand Tavernier released in USA on 20 december 1982 with Philippe Noiret
Coup de Torchon (1981)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 20 december 1982
Length 2h4
OriginFrance
Themes Assassinat, La colonisation française, Films about sexuality, Serial killer films, Histoire de France
Rating72%
Coup de Torchon is a 1981 French film adaptation of Jim Thompson's 1964 novel Pop. 1280, directed by Bertrand Tavernier. The film changes the novel's setting from a West Texas oil boom 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.
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Lucien Cordier (Philippe Noiret) is an ineffectual local constable with a cheating wife and laughable job. He accepts condescension from his superiors and his wife with good humor, as his antisocial personality allows him to tolerate such abuse. However, he soon realizes that he can use his position to gain vengeance with impunity, and he starts to kill everyone who has regarded him as a fool.Actors
Philippe Noiret
(Lucien Cordier)
Isabelle Huppert
(Rose Mercaillou)
Jean-Pierre Marielle
(Le Peron)
Stéphane Audran
(Huguette Cordier)
Eddy Mitchell
(Nono)
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