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") |
| Directing | Bertrand Tavernier | Director |
| Writing | Jean Aurenche | Writer |
| Writing | Bertrand Tavernier | Writer |
| Writing | Jim Thompson | Novel |
| Production | Henri Lassa | Producer |
| Production | Adolphe Viezzi | Producer |
| Sound | Philippe Sarde | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Pierre-William Glenn | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Armand Psenny | Editor |
| Art | Alexandre Trauner | Production Design |
| Art | Hubert de Varine | Set Decoration |
| Art | Franckie Diago | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacqueline Moreau | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Le Marinel | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ludovic Paris | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Jean Achache | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Frédéric Bourboulon | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Daniel Deleforges | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Makhete Diallo | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Roland Fruytier | Assistant Director |
| Art | René Albouze | Props |
| Art | Pierre Fontaine | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Catherine d'Hoir | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michel Desrois | Sound |
| Sound | Maurice Gilbert | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Luce Grunenwaldt | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Claude Villand | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Alain Choquart | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Michael Coulter | First Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Sophie Cornu | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irénée Martin | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvette Bonnay | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karl Lagerfeld | Costumer |