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Coup de torchon (1981)
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4 November 1981 (France)
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1938, in a French african colony. Lucien Cordier is the cop of this village, populated with blacks and a few whites (usually racialist and lustful)...
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Nominated for Oscar.
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10 nominations
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Philippe Noiret | ... | Lucien Cordier |
 | Isabelle Huppert | ... | Rose Mercaillou |
| Jean-Pierre Marielle | ... | Le Peron et son frère L'adjudant Georges Le Peron |
| Stéphane Audran | ... | Huguette Cordier |
| Eddy Mitchell | ... | Nono - l'amant demeuré d'Huguette |
| Guy Marchand | ... | Marcel Chavasson |
| Irène Skobline | ... | Anne - la nouvelle institutrice |
| Michel Beaune | ... | Vanderbrouck - un nouveau riche arrogant |
| Jean Champion | ... | Priest |
| Victor Garrivier | ... | Mercaillou |
| Gérard Hernandez | ... | Leonelli |
| Abdoulaye Diop | ... | Fête Nat - le serviteur noir de Lucien |
| Daniel Langlet | ... | Paulo - un flic larvaire |
| François Perrot | ... | Le colonel Tramichel |
| Raymond Hermantier | ... | L'aveugle |
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128 min
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Revealing mistakes: When Marcel is playing billiards, he continues his turn even though he has not scored.
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Le Peron:
You can always be bribed.
Lucien Cordier: I've got no choice. First, I'm underpaid; second, my wife takes all my money; and third, fining you is practically a civic duty.
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Lucien Cordier: I've got no choice. First, I'm underpaid; second, my wife takes all my money; and third, fining you is practically a civic duty.
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References L'affaire du courrier de Lyon (1937)
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A rather grim movie, that as you can tell from other comments is not for everyone. But assuming that you do have brains by all means go (rent) and see the movie. A great period piece about misadventures of an unlikely serial killer in French Africa. The first twenty or so minutes of the movie are spent setting the unlikeliness of the killer who appears to be treated as a door mat by just about everyone untill the tables are turned. And are they turned indeed... Once started to kill our hero has to keep it up trying to cover his tracks and the only thing you are left to wonder is whether he can pull it off and cover everything up.