Coup de torchon

Coup de torchon1981

Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Stars: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Eddy Mitchell
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rating: Unrated
Runtime: 128 minutes

Bertrand Tavernier tranforms Jim Thompson's pulp novel Pop. 1280 into an engrossing and unsettling meditation on moral collapse. Arguably his best thriller, the French director transposes the story from the American South of the 1910s to colonial We… more »



Rose:
You saw everything?

Lucien Cordier:
Let's say I heard everything.

Rose:
And you did nothing?

Lucien Cordier:
Why should I have done something?

Rose:
Why... to stop me.

Lucien Cordier:
It wasn't up to me to stop you. It was up to you, to Huguette, Nono, Marcaillou. If I put temptation in front of you, it's not a reason to use it. I just help folks reveal their true character. It's a dirty job, Rose. And I deserve all the dirty pleasure I get out of it.

Rose:
You're not ashamed?

Lucien Cordier:
Part of my job is enjoying other folks' misery.

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