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Coup de Torchon
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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.
Released: 1981-11-04128 minDir: Bertrand TavernierComedy, Crime, Drama
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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