Coup de Torchon [Clean Slate] (Six original French color lobby cards from the 1981 film)
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- Paris: Darmon, 1981
Paris: Darmon, 1981. Six vintage French color lobby cards from the 1981 film.
Based on the 1964 novel "Pop. 1280" by Jim Thompson, reset from the West Texas oil boom town of the novel to colonized 1938 French West Africa.
In a small French West African village, Lucien Cordier (Philippe Noiret) is the only policeman. Abused by his superiors, insulted by local business leaders, fancying the lovely but married Rose (Isabelle Huppert), whose husband beats her in the street), and humiliated by his unfaithful wife (Stephane Audran)—Lucien will soon reach a breaking point.
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
Set in French West Africa, shot on location in Senegal.
10.75 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine.
Criterion Collection 106. Grant France.
Based on the 1964 novel "Pop. 1280" by Jim Thompson, reset from the West Texas oil boom town of the novel to colonized 1938 French West Africa.
In a small French West African village, Lucien Cordier (Philippe Noiret) is the only policeman. Abused by his superiors, insulted by local business leaders, fancying the lovely but married Rose (Isabelle Huppert), whose husband beats her in the street), and humiliated by his unfaithful wife (Stephane Audran)—Lucien will soon reach a breaking point.
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
Set in French West Africa, shot on location in Senegal.
10.75 x 8.5 inches. Near Fine.
Criterion Collection 106. Grant France.