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Bertrand Tavernier's gleefully cynical adaptation of Jim Thompson's pulp thriller Pop. 1280 relocates the action from North Carolina to colonial-era Senegal and stars the great Philippe Noiret as the local French policeman, corrupt and ineffective, who after a lifetime of indolent boredom, decides to wipe the slate clean and start killing off his enemies.

 

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Director Bertrand Tavernier
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Philippe Noiret, Stephane Arcan

 

Genre World Cinema

 

Country France Language French   Year 1981

 

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New foreword by Bertrand Tavernier; Trailer.

 

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Certificate 15   Length 123 mins   Label OPTIM
Cat No OPTD1178   Format DVD   Colour
Region2   Aspect 1.66:1
Subtitles English .

 

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Article - "Bertrand Tavernier - Something for Everybody" by David Parkinson
Tuesday 4th March 2008

Bertrand Tavernier was born on 25 April 1941 in Lyon, the home of the Lumière brothers and the birthplace of French cinema. His father, René Tavernier, was a poet who edited Confluences, one of the few free journals operating under Vichy. But while his respect...  View article in full

 

 

 

 

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