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Coup de Torchon

Original title: Coup de torchon

1981 · 2h 8m

Directed by Bertrand Tavernier

7.0

TMDB audience score
230 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.

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Cast

  • Philippe Noiret
    Lucien Cordier

  • Isabelle Huppert
    Rose Mercaillou

  • Jean-Pierre Marielle
    Le Peron / Le Peron's twin brother

  • Stéphane Audran
    Huguette Cordier

  • Eddy Mitchell
    Nono

  • Guy Marchand
    Marcel Chavasson

  • Michel Beaune
    Vanderbrouck

  • Jean Champion
    Le curé

  • Victor Garrivier
    Marcaillou

  • Gérard Hernandez
    Leonelli

  • Daniel Langlet
    Paulo

  • Irène Skobline
    Anne, l'institutrice

  • Abdoulaye Diop
    Fête Nat

  • François Perrot
    Colonel Tramichel

  • Samba Mané
    Vendredi

  • Raymond Hermantier
    L'aveugle

  • Mamadou Dioumé
    L'interprète au cinéma

  • Irénée Martin
    La femme au cimetière