Cordier is the only police officer in a small 1938 West African town. He is ridiculed by the local pimps and cuckolded by his wife while his mistress is beaten by her husband. Driven to the brink, he takes revenge on all his enemies. From Jim Thompson's novel POP 1280, this darkly funny picture stars Philippe Noiret and Isabelle Huppert. French with English subtitles.