Coup de Torchon
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| Directed by | Bertrand Tavernier |
| Produced by | Henri Lassa Adolphe Viezzi |
| Written by | Bertrand Tavernier Jean Aurenche |
| Based on | Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson |
| Starring | Philippe Noiret Isabelle Huppert Jean-Pierre Marielle |
| Music by | Philippe Sarde |
| Cinematography | Pierre-Wiliam Glenn |
| Edited by | Armand Psenny |
| Distributed by | Parafrance Films (France) Biograph Int'l (US) |
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| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Coup de Torchon is a 1981 French film adaptation of Jim Thompson's 1964 novel Pop. 1280, directed by Bertrand Tavernier. The film changes the novel's setting from a West Texas oil boom town to a small town in French West Africa.[1][2] The film had 2,199,309 Admissions in France and was the 16th most attended film of the year.[3]
Plot
Lucien Cordier (Philippe Noiret) is an ineffectual local constable with a cheating wife and laughable job. He accepts condescension from his superiors and his wife with good humor, as his antisocial personality allows him to tolerate such abuse. However, he soon realizes that he can use his position to gain vengeance with impunity, and he starts to kill everyone who has regarded him as a fool.
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Awards and honors
- Academy Awards (USA)
- Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film[4]
- César Awards (France)
- Nominated: Best Actor – Leading Role (Philippe Noiret)
- Nominated: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Jean-Pierre Marielle)
- Nominated: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Eddy Mitchell)
- Nominated: Best Actress – Leading Role (Isabelle Huppert)
- Nominated: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Stéphane Audran)
- Nominated: Best Director (Bertrand Tavernier
- Nominated: Best Editing (Armand Psenny)
- Nominated: Best Film
- Nominated: Best Production Design (Alexandre Trauner)
- Nominated: Best Writing (Jean Aurenche and Bertrand Tavernier)
- French Syndicate of Cinema Critics (France)
- Won: Best Film (tied with Garde à vue)
See also
- Isabelle Huppert filmography
- List of submissions to the 55th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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Categories:
- 1981 films
- French-language films
- 1980s crime films
- 1980s comedy-drama films
- French films
- French comedy-drama films
- French crime films
- French satirical films
- Black comedy films
- Films directed by Bertrand Tavernier
- Films set in the French colonial empire
- Films shot in Senegal
- Films set in 1938
- Adultery in films
- Films about revenge
