Rialto: First Look at New 4K Restoration of Coup de Torchon
Posted November 15, 2023 06:38 PM by Webmaster
Rialto Pictures has provided an official domestic trailer for the new 4K restoration of Bertrand Tavernier's Coup de Torchon (1981), starring Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Marielle, and Eddy Mitchell. The restoration will premiere at Film Forum in New York City on December 1.
Description: Listless sheriff Lucien Cordier (Philippe Noiret), constantly humiliated by his wife (Stéphane Audran) and the residents of their small French colonial town in West Africa, unexpectedly switches gears becoming an exterminating angel bent on exacting revenge on anyone who crosses him.
Restored in 4K from the original negative by Studiocanal at L'Immagine Ritrovata, with color correction by Jean Achache on behalf of Bertrand Tavernier.