Lucien cordier est lunique policier dune petite ville coloniale. The film had 2,199,309 admissions in france and was the 16th most attended film. With philippe noiret, isabelle huppert, stephane audran, jeanpierre marielle. Badgered by local thugs, lucien initially comes across as a. Oct 05, 2009 trailer for bertrand tavernier s film. Je ne lai jamais vu jouer comme ca, on est a des annees lumieres. Bertrand tavernier swaps the deep south with colonial africa, which in my view gives the aspect of ungoverned, or even unchecked humanity greater believability. Veule et opportuniste, il veut contenter tout le monde. At the center of the film is the chief of police, lucien cordier. Featuring pitchperfect performances by philippe noiret and isabelle huppert, this. A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life and resorts to drastic means to do so. Featuring pitchperfect performances by philippe noiret and isabelle huppert, this striking neonoir straddles the line. The film changes the novels setting from a west texas oil boom town to a small town in french west africa. Ironically, having the dvd is better than going to the theater in 1981 when the film was released because the dvd includes an interview with the film s director, bertrand tavernier.
Its an adaptation of an american novel by jim thompson. Le film policier, introduction par bertrand tavernier. Even though the film was in french with english subtitles, it was on for 2 full years. En perdant dans les 10 categories des cesars ou il concourt, le film etablit le record du. Le pistonne 1970 n23 guy bedos, jeanpierre marielle, claude pieplu, georges geret, coluche. Oct 30, 20 the uploader has not made this video available in your country. The local criminals openly mock luciens inability to put a stop to their. The film had 2,199,309 admissions in france and was the 16th most attended film of the year. Taverniers film is about poor white trash in africa in 1938, and there are times when they seem almost real but theyre never allowed the pulse. Comfort award winning film, english, kevin ashworth, love free full movie duration. I watched this film in new york when it first came out.
Bertrand tavernier quadrophilia jim thompsons comic pulp novel pop. Featuring pitchperfect performances by philippe noiret and isabelle huppert, this striking neonoir straddles the line between. The uploader has not made this video available in your country. I went back to watch it again and again and every time i saw another meaning for the various situations. Hapless lucien cordier philippe noiret is the beleaguered police chief of a small town in french colonial senegal. In a french colonial town in west africa of 1938, lucien cordier is the police chief, a likeable slob who turns a blind eye to all the corruption that. Facebook twitter youtube instagram jobs join unifrance. Sommaire 1 synopsis 2 fiche technique 3 distribution 4 autour du film 5 distinctions 6 notes et references 7 voir aussi 7. Tavernier melange fable, recit criminel et quete mystique dans ce film a lhumour caustique. An inspired rendering of jim thompsons pulp novel pop. A sort of film noir with a tad of comical and grotesque elements in it. Lucien philippe noiret is the bumbling police chief of bourkasa, a dusty outpost in rural senegal.
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