“Coup De Torchon” quotes

“- Rose: You saw everything?
- Lucien Cordier: Let's say I heard everything.
- Rose: And you did nothing?
- Lucien Cordier: Why should I have done something?
- Rose: Why... to stop me.
- Lucien Cordier: It wasn't up to me to stop you. It was up to you, to Huguette, Nono, Marcaillou. If I put temptation in front of you, it's not a reason to use...” (continue)(continue reading)

Isabelle Huppert - Rose Mercaillou
Philippe Noiret - Lucien Cordier

“- Marcel Chevasson: Where do you think they are now?
- Lucien Cordier: In jail?
- Marcel Chevasson: Someday you'll learn a coffin costs the state less than a man in a cell, old chum.”

Guy Marchand - Marcel Chavasson
Philippe Noiret - Lucien Cordier

“They say there are a hundred kinds of deaths. I hope yours will be the worst.”
Isabelle Huppert - Rose Mercaillou

“- Lucien Cordier: Didn't your regiment squash the peanut pickers' revolt?
- George Le Peron: Sure did.
- Lucien Cordier: It sure took guts. All those niggers armed with clubs. And all you had was machine guns.”
Philippe Noiret - Lucien Cordier
Jean-Pierre Marielle - L'adjudant Georges Le Peron

“- Lucien Cordier: I'm exhausted, Rose.
- Rose: Sleep is all you do.
- Lucien Cordier: It's the best thing besides eating. When you eat or sleep, you forget about the things you can't solve. Think about it. You'll see I'm right.
- Rose: Thinking's not what I need.”
Philippe Noiret - Lucien Cordier
Isabelle Huppert - Rose Mercaillou