Coup de torchon Page #8

Synopsis: 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). He is a washout, everyone (including his wife Huguette) humiliates him. He never arrests anyone and looks at elsewhere when a dirty trick occurs. But one day, he turns into a machiavellian exterminating angel.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Bertrand Tavernier
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
NOT RATED
Year:
1981
128 min
326 Views


Don't say that, Rose.

Shut up! I've had enough

of your bullshit!

I might not be very bright but I did

notice you're justifying your every move.

One must always search for the

real reason for things, Rose.

You're being a little too harsh, Rose.

And then, doubting my good intentions.

There are times I could swear there

isn't a mean bone in my body.

But now I wonder...

They say there's only one death

but a hundred ways of dying.

I hope yours will be the worst.

Why did you write that on the blackboard?

Because I don't love you enough?

You mustn't love me, Anne.

It's not because of you,

but my job.

Being with you would prevent me

from doing it right.

And I can't allow that.

There are thousands of unhappy

people, and I'm all alone...

Then you shouldn't have told me.

I didn't need to know.

I had to.

You're not afraid?

Afraid of what?

Of what might happen...

That's not important.

Anyway, I've been dead

for such a long time.

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Jean Aurenche

Jean Aurenche (1903–1992) was a French screenwriter. During his career, he wrote 80 films for directors such as René Clément, Bertrand Tavernier, Marcel Carné, Jean Delannoy and Claude Autant-Lara. He is often associated with the screenwriter Pierre Bost, with whom he had a fertile partnership from 1940 to 1975. more…

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