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A Balasaur Score of 77 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 92%. Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 92% of the 995 1980s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
224 audience votes
Key crew
- Bertrand TavernierDirector
- Jean AurencheWriter
- Philippe SardeOriginal Music Composer
- Bertrand TavernierWriter
Cast
- Philippe NoiretLucien Cordier
- Isabelle HuppertRose Mercaillou
- Jean-Pierre MarielleLe Peron / Le Peron's twin brother
- Stéphane AudranHuguette Cordier
- Eddy MitchellNono
- Guy MarchandMarcel Chavasson
- Michel BeauneVanderbrouck
- Jean ChampionLe curé
- Victor GarrivierMarcaillou
- Gérard HernandezLeonelli
- Daniel LangletPaulo
- Irène SkoblineAnne, l'institutrice
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Themes
adulterybased on novel or booklove triangledark comedymurderpolice corruptionmistressracismfrench noirframed for a crimepublic humiliationopen marriage
The Best Movies of 1981
Coup de Torchon is #14 of 60
