![]() ![]() ![]() Then he steals the money which his wife had been saving up in order to leave him and goes off to see Rose. When his servant brings his master's body back to the house, Cordier kills the servant as well.Ĭatching Nono peeping at Anne in the shower, he beats him up in the street. Vanderbrouck is dropped in a privy and Rose's husband, like the pimps, is shot dead. Having outwitted his boss and removed his prime tormentors, Cordier starts on the others who have made his life a misery. When Chavasson learns of this, he rushes down to question Cordier, who says it was in effect Chavasson who killed them. Once back, he catches the two pimps alone and, after shooting both dead, throws the corpses in the river. On the train home is the attractive new teacher in town, Anne, to whom he warms immediately. It is the pimps that take him to the brink, so he gets on a train to consult his superior Chavasson, who tells him to act forcefully. And the bane of his life is a pair of slimy pimps, who flout the law and enjoy humiliating him. The head of the timber company, Vanderbrouck, daily insults him for all to see. Cordier fancies the mischievous young bride Rose, but lets her brutal husband beat her in the street unchallenged. His sexy wife Huguette has brought a lover, Nono, to live openly with them, claiming he is her brother. Unable or unwilling to impose his authority, he is treated with scorn by everybody. In a little town in French West Africa in 1938, Lucien Cordier is the only policeman. ![]()
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