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Coup de Torchon

Coup de Torchon

Comedy Drama Crime

1981, Movie, 2h 8min

An inspired rendering of Jim Thompson’s pulp novel POP. 1280, Bertrand Tavernier’s COUP DE TORCHON deftly transplants the story of an inept police chief turned heartless killer and his scrappy mistress from the American South to French West Africa. Featuring pitch-perfect performances by Philippe Noiret and Isabelle Huppert, this striking neonoir straddles the line between violence and lyricism with dark humor and visual elegance.

Country: France

Director:

Bertrand Tavernier

Cast:

Isabelle Huppert,

Philippe Noiret,

Jean-Pierre Marielle,

Stéphane Audran

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