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Coup De Torchon

1981, Movie, NR, 128 mins

Coup De Torchon: Review

Stylish, twisted black comedy moves setting from the American South of Jim Thompson's pulp novel to a French colonial town in 1938 Africa. There, Noiret is the police chief, a likable, bleary-eyed slob treated like dirt by most everyone he meets. Policing the town with anything but an iron fist, he prefers to turn a blind eye to vice and corruption. Then, having one day decided he's taken enough abuse, Lucien starts killing anyone who crosses him. COUP DE TORCHON combines b... read more leave a comment