Coup De Torchon
Genre: Drama
Reviewed in Issue 16 of Widescreen Review
Stars: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Stephane Audran, Eddy Mitchell, Guy Marchand & Irene Skobline
| Studio/Distributor | Criterion Collection |
| Catalog Number | CC1427L-275 |
| MPAA Rating | Not Rated |
| Retail Price | $$49.95 |
| Running Time | 128 |
| Color Type | Color |
| Chaptered/Scene Access | Yes |
| Closed Captioned | No |
| Theatrical Release | 1981 |
| LD Release Date | 9/1/95 |
| THX Digitally Mastered | No |
| Director | Bertrand Tavernier |
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| Stars | Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Stephane Audran, Eddy Mitchell, Guy Marchand & Irene Skobline |
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| Soundtrack | Mono Sound |
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Subscribe FreeJim Thompson’s novel Pop. 1280, is the story of a corrupt sheriff and his mistress in a small town in the American south in the early 1900’s. Bertrand Tavernier’s film Coup de Torchon moves the local to French West Africa and the time to the 1930’s. The main character is an inept chief of police by the name of Lucien Cordier (Philippe Noiret) and we watch as he goes slowly mad. Despite his position, nobody treats him with respect— not even his wife who openly cheats on him. The town’s citizens look upon him with contempt because he has never made an arrest, and the two pimps who make monthly payoffs to Lucien humiliate him at every opportunity. This is a classic study of amorality and values or lack thereof.
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