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Dominican Rep. Coup de torchon (Clean Slate)
- Original title
- Coup de torchon
- Year
- 1981
- Running time
- 123 min.
- Country
France- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Music
- Cinematography
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- Genre
- Comedy. Drama. Thriller | 1930s. Black Comedy. Crime. Colonialism. Africa
- Movie Groups
- Jim Thompson Adaptations
- Synopsis
- 1938, in a French african colony. Lucien Cordier is the cop of this village, populated with blacks and a few whites (usually racialist and lustful). He is a washout, everyone (including his wife Huguette) humiliates him. He never arrests anyone and looks at elsewhere when a dirty trick occurs. But one day, he turns into a machiavellian exterminating angel.
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- Awards
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1982: Nominated for Oscar: Best Foreign Language Picture1981: César Awards: 10 nominations1981: French Critics Awards (Syndicate of Cinema Critics): Best Film.
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