Coup de torchon (1981)
1938. En Afrique occidentale française. Lucien Cordier est l'unique policier d'une petite ville coloniale. Méprisé de tous pour sa lâcheté et sa veulerie, il est l'objet de moqueries et de railleries. Lorsque son officier supérieur lui fait prendre conscience de sa médiocrité, il va peu à peu se transformer en impitoyable assassin et se débarrasser de tous ses tourmenteurs, femme et maîtresse comprises par un jeu diabolique qui consiste à faire accuser d'autres que lui avant de les éliminer jusqu'à ce qu'il reste seul.
Directeur: Bertrand Tavernier
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Philippe Noiret as Lucien Cordier |
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Isabelle Huppert as Rose Mercaillou |
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Jean-Pierre Marielle as Le Peron / Le Peron's twin brother |
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Stéphane Audran as Huguette Cordier |
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Eddy Mitchell as Nono |
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Guy Marchand as Marcel Chavasson |
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Michel Beaune as Vanderbrouck |
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Jean Champion as Le curé |
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Victor Garrivier as Marcaillou |
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Gérard Hernandez as Leonelli |
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Daniel Langlet as Paulo |
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Irène Skobline as Anne, l'institutrice |
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Abdoulaye Diop as Fête Nat |
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François Perrot as Colonel Tramichel |
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Samba Mané as Vendredi |
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Raymond Hermantier as L'aveugle |
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Mamadou Dioumé as L'interprète au cinéma |
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Irénée Martin as La femme au cimetière |
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Max Ernst as Le soldat mexicain (dans le film publicitaire "Galeries Barbès") |
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Paul Grimault as Le condamné à mort (dans le film publicitaire "Galeries Barbès") |
| Production | Henri Lassa | Producer |
| Editing | Armand Psenny | Editor |
| Production | Adolphe Viezzi | Producer |
| Directing | Bertrand Tavernier | Director |
| Sound | Philippe Sarde | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jim Thompson | Novel |
| Writing | Jean Aurenche | Writer |
| Camera | Pierre-William Glenn | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Bertrand Tavernier | Writer |
| Art | Alexandre Trauner | Production Design |
| Directing | Frédéric Bourboulon | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jean Achache | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacqueline Moreau | Costume Design |
| Art | Hubert de Varine | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ludovic Paris | Hairstylist |
| Art | Franckie Diago | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Le Marinel | Key Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Michael Coulter | First Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karl Lagerfeld | Costumer |
| Art | René Albouze | Props |
| Sound | Catherine d'Hoir | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michel Desrois | Sound |
| Directing | Daniel Deleforges | Assistant Director |
| Art | Pierre Fontaine | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Luce Grunenwaldt | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Alain Choquart | Second Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irénée Martin | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Directing | Roland Fruytier | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvette Bonnay | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Maurice Gilbert | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Claude Villand | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Sophie Cornu | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Makhete Diallo | Assistant Director |