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Coup de Torchon (also known as Clean Slate) is a 1981 French crime film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and adapted from Jim Thompson's 1964 novel Pop. 1280. The film changes the novel's setting from an American Southern town to a small town in French West Africa.
Dec 5, 2017 · I watched this film in New York when it first came out. I went back to watch it again and again and every time I saw another meaning for the various situations. Even though the film was in French with English subtitles, it was on for 2 full years. It's an adaptation of an American novel by Jim Thompson: 1275 Souls.
- 129 min
- 16.8K
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Nov 4, 1981 · A humiliated police chief in a French African colony becomes a ruthless killer in this adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel Pop. 1280. Starring Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert and Stéphane Audran, directed by Bertrand Tavernier.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Bertrand Tavernier
- 1981-11-04
A neonoir film by Bertrand Tavernier based on Jim Thompson's novel Pop. 1280, set in French West Africa. Philippe Noiret and Isabelle Huppert star as a corrupt police chief and his mistress in this darkly humorous and visually stunning thriller.
- Lucien Cordier
Roger Ebert criticizes Bertrand Tavernier's film as a cold and distancing exercise in existentialism, based on Jim Thompson's novel. He compares it to Albert Camus' "The Stranger" and Faulkner's Snopes family.
Une comédie noire et satirique sur un policier faible qui se laisse pousser dans une folie meurtrière en Afrique coloniale. Avec Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Eddy Mitchell et Jean-Pierre Marielle.
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.
