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Coup de Torchon
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Coup de Torchon is a 1981 French comedy, crime, and drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. The screenplay was written by Tavernier and Jean Aurenche, based on the novel Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson. The cast includes Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, and Stéphane Audran. The film was produced by Les Films de la Tour, Little Bear, and Films A2.
The narrative is set in Senegal. Cinematography was handled by Pierre-William Glenn, with music composed by Philippe Sarde and production design by Alexandre Trauner. The runtime is 128 minutes. It has been distributed by The Criterion Collection and Netflix, and is available on platforms such as HBO Max and Criterion Channel.
The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best International Feature Film and a César Award nomination for Best Actress. It holds a review score of 7.5 out of 10 and 88 percent. The box office total was 16,500,000. Keywords associated with the work include adultery, murder, and police corruption.
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7.0A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.
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
Themes
- adultery
- based on novel or book
- love triangle
- murder
- police corruption
- mistress
- racism
- french noir
- framed for a crime
- public humiliation
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
6,863 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
- Year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 11 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Based on
- Pop. 1280
- Director
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Screenwriter
- Jean Aurenche
- Composer
- Philippe Sarde
- Cinematographer
- Pierre-William Glenn
- Narrative location
- Senegal
- Duration
- 128
- FilmAffinity ID
- 215908
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1982-11-19
- title
- Coup de torchon
- production designer
- Alexandre Trauner
- after a work by
- Jim Thompson
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 88%
- box office
- 16500000
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Available in 26 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Basque
- Bulgarian
- Catalan
- Czech
- Finnish
- Galician
- Greek
- Haitian Creole
- Luxembourgish
- Macedonian
- Nederlands
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