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About
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 13, 2001
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Les Films de la Tour, Little Bear, Films A2
Original Title
Coup de torchon
Original Language
French
Keywords
love triangle
adultery
based on novel or book
murder
dark comedy
police corruption
mistress
racism
french noir
framed for a crime
public humiliation
open marriage
gun shooting
voyeur
french colonialism
french colony
revenge killing
african village
person snapping
west africa
abused wife
lazy
witty
gun death
Cast
Full credits →P
Philippe Noiret
Lucien Cordier
I
Isabelle Huppert
Rose Mercaillou
J
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Le Peron / Le Peron's twin brother
S
Stéphane Audran
Huguette Cordier
E
Eddy Mitchell
Nono
G
Guy Marchand
Marcel Chavasson
M
Michel Beaune
Vanderbrouck
J
Jean Champion
Le curé
V
Victor Garrivier
Marcaillou
G
Gérard Hernandez
Leonelli
D
Daniel Langlet
Paulo
I
Irène Skobline
Anne, l'institutrice
A
Abdoulaye Diop
Fête Nat
F
François Perrot
Colonel Tramichel
R
Raymond Hermantier
L'aveugle
M
Mamadou Dioumé
L'interprète au cinéma
I
Irénée Martin
La femme au cimetière
M
Max Ernst
Le soldat mexicain (dans le film publicitaire "Galeries Barbès")
P
Paul Grimault
Le condamné à mort (dans le film publicitaire "Galeries Barbès")
