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Coup de Torchon

Name: Coup de Torchon
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 1981
Rating: 7
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Stéphane Audran, Eddy Mitchell

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

1981 · Directed by Bertrand Tavernier · 128 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama · 9 frames

Crew

Written by: Jean Aurenche, Bertrand Tavernier
Cinematography: Pierre-William Glenn
Edited by: Armand Psenny
Music: Philippe Sarde
Production design: Alexandre Trauner
Produced by: Henri Lassa, Adolphe Viezzi

Cast

Philippe Noiret as Lucien Cordier
Isabelle Huppert as Rose Mercaillou
Jean-Pierre Marielle as Le Peron / Le Peron's twin brother
Stéphane Audran as Huguette Cordier
Eddy Mitchell as Nono
Guy Marchand as Marcel Chavasson
Michel Beaune as Vanderbrouck
Jean Champion as Le curé
Victor Garrivier as Marcaillou
Gérard Hernandez as Leonelli

Production

Country: France
Language: English, French
Studios: Les Films de la Tour, Little Bear, Films A2
Themes: adultery, based on novel or book, love triangle, dark comedy, murder, police corruption, mistress, racism, french noir, framed for a crime

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