• Director(s)

    Bertrand Tavernier

  • Production Year

    1981

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    129m

  • Cast

    Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Marielle

Film

Coup De Torchon (clean Slate)

racism, strong violence, sex, nudity, child sexual abuse references

COUP DE TORCHON is a 1981 French comedy in which a police chief discontent with his life decides to take the law into his own hands so he can have a fresh start.…

COUP DE TORCHON is a 1981 French comedy in which a police chief discontent with his life decides to take the law into his own hands so he can have a fresh start.

violence
There are scenes of strong violence in which characters are shot and killed. There is a scene of domestic abuse in which a woman is beaten in public by her husband.
sex
There are scenes of strong sex in which a man masturbates a woman underneath her dress.
discrimination
There are scenes of racism in which unlikable white characters verbally and physically abuse Black West African characters. Black characters are beaten and shot, and there is a scene in which the corpses of two Black men are used as target practice by white colonialists. There is use of racist language ('n***er', 'negro').
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to child sexual abuse in which a man encourages a friend to visit a brothel which he says has girls as young as 14. There is a passing reference to genital mutilation.
nudity
There is sexualised breast and buttock nudity.
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and use of milder terms ('whore', 'bitch', 'piss', 'shit', 'bastard', 'ass', 'asshole', 'balls', 'screw', 'jerk', 'God', 'damn', 'hell').

  • Director(s)

    Bertrand Tavernier

  • Production Year

    1981

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    129m

  • Cast

    Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Marielle

Classified Date:
11/03/1982
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Curzon Film Dists Ltd
racism, strong violence, sex, nudity, child sexual abuse references
Classified Date:
28/01/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Studio Canal
violence
There are scenes of strong violence in which characters are shot and killed. There is a scene of domestic abuse in which a woman is beaten in public by her husband.
sex
There are scenes of strong sex in which a man masturbates a woman underneath her dress.
discrimination
There are scenes of racism in which unlikable white characters verbally and physically abuse Black West African characters. Black characters are beaten and shot, and there is a scene in which the corpses of two Black men are used as target practice by white colonialists. There is use of racist language ('n***er', 'negro').
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to child sexual abuse in which a man encourages a friend to visit a brothel which he says has girls as young as 14. There is a passing reference to genital mutilation.
nudity
There is sexualised breast and buttock nudity.
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and use of milder terms ('whore', 'bitch', 'piss', 'shit', 'bastard', 'ass', 'asshole', 'balls', 'screw', 'jerk', 'God', 'damn', 'hell').
Contains very strong language, moderate violence and racial epithets
Classified Date:
13/02/2008
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Optimum Releasing

  • Classified date

    28/01/2022

  • Language

    French