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Coup de Torchon
FRANCE · 1981

Coup de Torchon

Bertrand Tavernier
corruption redemption through violence colonial oppression social hierarchy psychological breakdown
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Synopsis

A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.

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I also wanted to explore the dark humor in the way a film like Bertrand Tavernier’s Coup de Torchon does. That film is an enormous inspiration, especially for the way it deals with a character who takes justice into his own hands, and the moral ambiguity of his actions.

I wanted to explore the dark humor in the way a film like Bertrand Tavernier's Coup de Torchon does. That film is an enormous inspiration, especially for the way it deals with a character who takes justice into his own hands, and the moral ambiguity of his actions.

— Quentin Tarantino  ·  IndieWire (reporting on Les Inrockuptibles interview)
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