Clean Slate
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When:
| Mon 4 Apr ’11, 6:15pm–8:30pm |
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Where: The Paramount Theatre, 25 Courtenay Place, Wellington Show map
Restrictions: R15
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Bertrand Tavernier | France | 1981 | R16
An inspired rendering of Jim Thompson’s pulp novel "Pop. 1280", Bertrand Tavernier’s "Clean Slate" deftly transplants the story of an inept police chief turned heartless killer and his scrappy mistress from the American South to French West Africa. Featuring pitch-perfect performances by Philippe Noiret and Isabelle Huppert, this striking 'neonoir' straddles the line between violence and lyricism with dark humour and visual elegance.
“Noiret plays the film's dubious hero, the shambling police chief in a sleepy village where he is cuckolded by his wife (Stéphane Audran), taunted by the populace, and beaten by thugs and fellow officials alike. Only his scatterbrained mistress (Huppert) affords him a measure of respect. When he decides to clean up the town and avenge his personal grudges at the same time, he proves himself the most clear-thinking madman in a thoroughly corrupt world.”
- Pacific Film Archive
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