COUP DE TORCHON (Clean Slate)
| 1982 – 128′ – Comedy, Classic.
Written by: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche.
Based on the Book by: Jim Thompson.
Directed by: Bertrand Tavernier.
Starring: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Eddy Mitchell, Irène Skobline, Guy Marchand, Stéphane Audran, Victor Garrivier, Gérard Hernandez.
Official selection Berlin International Film Festival 1982. Nine César Awards Nominations including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Philippe Noiret), Best Actress (Isabelle Huppert). Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Feature.
In French with English subtitles.
A Max release. |
Hapless Lucien Cordier (Philippe Noiret) is the beleaguered police chief of a small town in French colonial Senegal. The local criminals openly mock Lucien’s inability to put a stop to their illegal enterprises, and his unfaithful and shrewish wife Huguette (Stéphane Audran) is having a blatant affair with Nono (Eddy Mitchell), whom Lucien believes is her brother. When the humiliations finally become too much for him to bear, Lucien takes matters into his own hands.