Clean Up (1981) ( Coup de Torchon ) ( Clean Slate )

Clean Up (1981) (DVD) (*)

Out of Stock

Original Title: Coup de Torchon
Alternate Title: Clean Slate
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards
Oscar Academy Awards
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
123 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1981 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Bertrand Tavernier

Written By:
Bertrand Tavernier
Jean Aurenche

Actors:
Philippe Noiret ..... Lucien Cordier
Isabelle Huppert ..... Rose
Jean-Pierre Marielle ..... Le Peron and his brother
Stéphane Audran ..... Huguette Cordier
Eddy Mitchell ..... Nono
Guy Marchand ..... Marcel Chavasson
Irène Skobline ..... Anne, the teacher
Michel Beaune ..... Vanderbrouck
Jean Champion ..... Priest
Victor Garrivier ..... Mercaillou
Gérard Hernandez ..... Leonelli
Abdoulaye Diop ..... Fete Nat
Daniel Langlet ..... Paulo
François Perrot ..... Colonel Tramichel
Raymond Hermantier ..... Blind man

Synopsis:

Based on pulp master Jim Thompson's Pop. 1280, Bertrand Tavernier's Coup de Torchon is a sardonic thriller that remains true to its source's spirit, even as it transposes the action from the American South to colonial West Africa. Lucien (Philippe Noiret) is the bumbling police chief of Bourkasa, a dusty outpost in rural Senegal. Badgered by local thugs, Lucien initially comes across as a pathetic oaf unable to stand up for himself. Things at home are scarcely better, as Lucien finds himself harried by his nagging wife, Huguette (Stéphane Audran), who is carrying on an affair with a man she claims to be her brother (Eddy Mitchell). Without warning, Lucien embarks on a nonchalant killing spree, murdering everyone who has ever mistreated him. As he sets about 'cleaning the slate,' Lucien intensifies his affair with ditsy Rose (Isabelle Huppert), all the while pining for the newly arrived schoolteacher, Anne (Irene Skobline). Remaining above suspicion even as bodies pile up, the seemingly witless Lucien gradually develops a twisted logic for his actions, animating his crusade with an evangelical purpose. By movie's end, Tavernier leaves little room for redemption, leaving the joyless Lucien mired in a moral quagmire of his own making.

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.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 17 December, 2010.

Customers who bought this product also purchased

Loulou (1980) (Blu-Ray)	Sexy Sisters (1977) (Blu-Ray)	Lacombe Lucien (DVD)
Hounds (DVD)