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Coup de Torchon 1981 3 stars

    N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy
aka: Clean Slate

Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Stephane Audran, Eddy Mitchell, Guy Marchand, Irene Skobline, Michel Beaune, Jean Champion, Victor Garrivier, Gerard Hernandez, Abdoulaye Diop, Daniel Langlet, Francois Perrot, Raymond Hermantier

  Just before World War II begins in 1938, police chief Lucien (Philippe Noiret) works in a French/African colony and changes his persona from that of a meek and mild doormat. He has been nagged by his abusive wife Hugette (Stephane Audran) and spends more time with his lover Rose (Isabelle Huppert) but would prefer being with schoolteacher Anne (Irene Skobline). Reaching beyond his personal life, Lucien takes his job more seriously and goes on a killing spree as the exterminator of the town's unsavory characters.

The Innocents with Dirty Hands 1975 1 and a half stars

    R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Dirty Hands

Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Romy Schneider, Rod Steiger, Paolo Giusti, Jean Rochefort, Hans Christian Blech, Francois Perrot, Pierre Santini, Henri Attal, Serge Bento, Dominique Zardi

  Two lovers, Julie (Romy Schneider) and Jeff (Paolo Giusti) kill Julie's alcoholic husband, Louis (Rod Steiger), and do NOT live happily ever after.

Life and Nothing But 1989 3 stars

    N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azema, Pascale Vignal, Maurice Barrier, Francois Perrot, Jean-Pol Dubois, Daniel Russo

  One of the many tragedies of war is that soldiers are buried near battlefields on foreign soil. This is the story of relatives, following World War I, who search for the remains of their loved ones.

Nada 1974 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The Nada Gang

Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Fabio Testi, Mariangela Melato, Maurice Garrel, Michel Duchaussoy, Michel Aumont, Didier Kaminka, Lou Castel, Katia Romanoff, Andre Falcon, Viviane Romance, Francois Perrot, Henri Attal

  The Nada Gang, as the group of anarchist terrorists is called, kidnap an American ambassador, leaving death in their wake. They hole up, and as they begin to bicker, the government and police gain information about them and home in on their location. A good thriller by Chabrol.

Movie Quick Pick

1. Coup de Torchon (1981)
   aka: Clean Slate
2. The Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975)
   aka: Dirty Hands
3. Life and Nothing But (1989)
4. Nada (1974)
   aka: The Nada Gang

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