Coup de Torchon
Directed by	Bertrand Tavernier
Produced by	Henri Lassa Adolphe Viezzi
Starring	Philippe Noiret Isabelle Huppert Jean-Pierre Marielle Stéphane Audran Eddy Mitchell
Music by	Philippe Sarde
Cinematography	Pierre-Wiliam Glenn
Editing by	Armand Psenny
Release date(s)	4 November 1981 20 December 1982
Running time	128 min.
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 follows the novel relatively faithfully, but changes its setting from a West Texas boom town to a small town in French West Africa.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Awards and nominations 4 References 5 External links

[edit] 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. After numerous trysts and murders, his pathology catches up with him in the film's climax.

[edit] Cast

• Philippe Noiret - Lucien Cordier
• Isabelle Huppert - Rose
• Jean-Pierre Marielle - Le Peron and his brother
• Stéphane Audran - Huguette Cordier
• Eddy Mitchell - Nono
• Guy Marchand - Marcel Chavasson
• Irène Skobline - Anne, the teacher
• Michel Beaune - Vanderbrouck
• Jean Champion - Priest
• Victor Garrivier - Mercaillou
• Gérard Hernandez - Leonelli
• Abdoulaye Diop - Fete Nat
• Daniel Langlet - Paulo
• François Perrot - Colonel Tramichel
• Raymond Hermantier - Blind man
• Mamadou Dioumé - Mamadou
• Samba Mané - Vendredi

[edit] Awards and nominations

• Academy Awards (USA)
  • Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film

• 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)

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Coup de torchon at the Internet Movie Database
• Coup de Torchon at Allmovie
• Criterion Collection essay by Michael Dare

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