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FRANCE · 1981
Coup de Torchon
Bertrand Tavernier
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.
Cinematic DNA
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)
This Film Influenced
→ Django Unchained (2012)
More from Bertrand Tavernier
France
Films with Similar Themes
corruption · redemption through violence · colonial oppression · social hierarchy · psychological breakdown
