Coup de Torchon Movie Review 1981

Set in 1938 French West Africa, Noiret plays corrupt police chief Lucien Cordier who is consistently harrassed by his community, particularly by the town pimp. He usually overlooks the pimp's crimes, but when Cordier catches him and a friend shooting at plague victims' bodies floating down the river he decides to murder them in cold blood. Based on the novel "POP 1280" by Jim Thompson. In French with English subtitles.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 128 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, Books to Film: Jim Thompson, Cops

Screenplay

Bertrand Tavernier

Cast

Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Guy Marchand, Stephane Audran, Eddy Mitchell, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Irene Skobline

Cinematography

Pierre William Glenn

Director

Bertrand Tavernier

Music

Philippe Sarde

Other

Armand Psenny