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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.
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.
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.
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.
Philippe Noiret stars as a police chief who plots revenge on his unfaithful wife and her lover in colonial Senegal. The film is a dark and humorous adaptation of Pop. 1280, directed by Bertrand Tavernier and featuring Isabelle Huppert.
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.
Overview. A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it. Bertrand Tavernier. Director, Writer. Jim Thompson. Novel. Jean Aurenche. Writer.
