Featuring pitchperfect performances by philippe noiret and isabelle huppert, this striking neonoir straddles the line. Je ne lai jamais vu jouer comme ca, on est a des annees lumieres. Bertrand tavernier quadrophilia jim thompsons comic pulp novel pop. Sommaire 1 synopsis 2 fiche technique 3 distribution 4 autour du film 5 distinctions 6 notes et references 7 voir aussi 7. A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life and resorts to drastic means to do so. I watched this film in new york when it first came out. Veule et opportuniste, il veut contenter tout le monde.
The film had 2,199,309 admissions in france and was the 16th most attended film. At the center of the film is the chief of police, lucien cordier. The local criminals openly mock luciens inability to put a stop to their. Badgered by local thugs, lucien initially comes across as a. Oct 30, 20 the uploader has not made this video available in your country. With philippe noiret, isabelle huppert, stephane audran, jeanpierre marielle. The film changes the novels setting from a west texas oil boom town to a small town in french west africa. Comfort award winning film, english, kevin ashworth, love free full movie duration. Featuring pitchperfect performances by philippe noiret and isabelle huppert, this striking neonoir straddles the line between. Even though the film was in french with english subtitles, it was on for 2 full years. Oct 05, 2009 trailer for bertrand tavernier s film. Le pistonne 1970 n23 guy bedos, jeanpierre marielle, claude pieplu, georges geret, coluche.
An inspired rendering of jim thompsons pulp novel pop. 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. A sort of film noir with a tad of comical and grotesque elements in it. Its an adaptation of an american novel by jim thompson. 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. Tavernier melange fable, recit criminel et quete mystique dans ce film a lhumour caustique.
Le film policier, introduction par bertrand tavernier. Featuring pitchperfect performances by philippe noiret and isabelle huppert, this. Facebook twitter youtube instagram jobs join unifrance. Bertrand tavernier swaps the deep south with colonial africa, which in my view gives the aspect of ungoverned, or even unchecked humanity greater believability. The film had 2,199,309 admissions in france and was the 16th most attended film of the year. The uploader has not made this video available in your country. En perdant dans les 10 categories des cesars ou il concourt, le film etablit le record du. 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.