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Mood:
- HumorousOffbeat
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Plot:
- InfidelityMurderCrimesDeadlyDishonestyLaw EnforcementLove and RomanceMind and Soul more...
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Genres:
- ComedyCrimeForeignDrama
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century30s
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Place:
- AfricaSmall TownVillage
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Clean Slate, 1981
French, English
France
Profile of Clean Slate
Clean Slate can be described as offbeat and humorous. The plot revolves around social relations, infidelity, and law enforcement. The main genres are foreign, comedy, and crime. In approach, Clean Slate is realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a village and in a small town. It is located in Africa. Clean Slate takes place in the 1930s. It is based on a book.
Summary of Clean Slate
It is 1938 in the French West Africa village of Bourkassa and the one-man police force is tired of being a doormat. In this darkly comic adaptation of Jim Thompson's "POP. 1280," hapless officer Lucien Cordier decides to take the law back into his own rightful hands and rid the town of its human waste. International actress Isabelle Huppert adds a feminine touch to the proceedings as director Bertrand Tavernier and star Philippe Noiret (THE JUDGE AND THE ASSASSIN) reunite for this meditation on the unseemly.
Details
| Language: | French, English |
| Country: | France |
| Release date: | October 1982 |
| Runtime: | 128 min |
Cast and Crew
as Lucien Cordier
as Rose
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