Coup de torchon Page #3

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.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Bertrand Tavernier
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
NOT RATED
Year:
1981
128 min
300 Views


And always in public.

It's bad for my reputation.

But you don't stand for it.

No, I give it right back.

I don't muzzle 'em,

but I bait 'em good.

He baits 'em.

You ever hear that before?

First time in my f***in' life.

You did good to come and see me.

I'm gonna tell you -

no, show you - what to do.

Turn around.

I'm gonna illustrate my lesson.

Come back! Come back!

Sit down.

I wanna ask you something.

- I'd rather stand.

- OK.

If a guy kicks you in the ass,

what do you do?

I kick him back -

that way, we're even.

Turn around again.

You didn't follow.

- Just tell me.

- Who's in charge?

Turn around.

Did you understand this time?

You gotta give it back

twice as bad.

But the pimps never kicked my ass.

It's the principle.

Right, Paulo?

You bet. If a guy bugs you,

you bug him twice as bad.

Otherwise, it becomes a

status quo.

Next time your two pimps

start up...

kick 'em as hard as you can

in the balls.

But that'll hurt a lot!

You gotta have good shoes...

with no holes in the toes.

If it were up to me,

I'd rub 'em out. Pronto.

One, two... in the teeth!

I wouldn't miss the opportunity.

Damn straight!

Out of my sight!

Tell Marcel he's put me at ease.

Let us help you, Miss.

Now that he's told me

what to do...

thanks to him, I'm covered.

- Covered? How's that?

- Sure.

Cordier, what do you mean?

- Tell him, he'll understand.

- Cordier...

Bye... glad to have met you.

- May I show you how to peel it?

- That would be great.

So, wandering all alone

about Africa for fun?

Fun? I don't know yet. I'm the

new schoolteacher of Bourkassa.

That's a fine profession,

a vocation, I'd say.

Thanks to you,

black children will be able

to read their daddy's name

on French war memorials.

Did I offend you?

Not really.

Around here you've got

to joke a little

or you'll wind up

shooting yourself.

Is it good?

Delicious.

The exact time, please.

Six P.M.

Six P.M. We're entering

the virgin forest.

Six P.M. We're entering

the virgin forest.

Do you always carry a gun?

I have to, I'm the police

chief of Bourkassa.

- It frightens you?

- No.

I've never used it.

Careful, they're heavy.

Books... maybe I brought too many.

There's so much time to read,

you end up not reading at all.

Here's your school,

and your house across the street.

I'll lend it to you.

And I'll take it.

That way I'll see you again.

It's by an aviator.

In that case...

Let me help you.

You've got no business around here.

Doing nothing is my job.

I'm paid for it.

So go piss about somewhere else.

You're going a bit far!

What's with you?

Hands up.

Well, if it pleases you.

What would please me, is for you

to sing me a song.

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Jean Aurenche

Jean Aurenche (1903–1992) was a French screenwriter. During his career, he wrote 80 films for directors such as René Clément, Bertrand Tavernier, Marcel Carné, Jean Delannoy and Claude Autant-Lara. He is often associated with the screenwriter Pierre Bost, with whom he had a fertile partnership from 1940 to 1975. more…

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