Coup de torchon (1981)
(Clean Slate)
Country: FR
Technical: col 128m
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Synopsis:
French Equatorial Africa in 1938: police chief Cordier is despised by all and generally ineffectual but one day decides to wipe the slate clean.
Review:
Imagine Walter Matthau as Travis Bickle and you have an inkling of the charm of watching Noiret behaving like a rat. But then because the other characters are even more venal and depraved you don't really care when he exacts terrible retribution. The blackest of human comedies, Tavernier's film affords an intriguing glimpse of what life must have been like in that sticky, morally circumscribed setting, and Noiret's performance is a standout among an excellent cast.
(Clean Slate)
Country: FR
Technical: col 128m
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Synopsis:
French Equatorial Africa in 1938: police chief Cordier is despised by all and generally ineffectual but one day decides to wipe the slate clean.
Review:
Imagine Walter Matthau as Travis Bickle and you have an inkling of the charm of watching Noiret behaving like a rat. But then because the other characters are even more venal and depraved you don't really care when he exacts terrible retribution. The blackest of human comedies, Tavernier's film affords an intriguing glimpse of what life must have been like in that sticky, morally circumscribed setting, and Noiret's performance is a standout among an excellent cast.
(Clean Slate)
Country: FR
Technical: col 128m
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Synopsis:
French Equatorial Africa in 1938: police chief Cordier is despised by all and generally ineffectual but one day decides to wipe the slate clean.
Review:
Imagine Walter Matthau as Travis Bickle and you have an inkling of the charm of watching Noiret behaving like a rat. But then because the other characters are even more venal and depraved you don't really care when he exacts terrible retribution. The blackest of human comedies, Tavernier's film affords an intriguing glimpse of what life must have been like in that sticky, morally circumscribed setting, and Noiret's performance is a standout among an excellent cast.