Coup de tête is a 1979 French film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, film producer and screenwriter.- Biography :Annaud was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne...

 and scripted by Francis Veber

Francis Veber

Francis Paul Veber is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and theater playwright. Many of his French comedies feature recurring types of characters, named François Pignon and François Perrin...

. It stars Patrick Dewaere

Patrick Dewaere

Patrick Dewaere was a French film actor. He was born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, son of French actress Mado Maurin. His five siblings, Jean-Pierre Maurin , Yves-Marie Maurin , Dominique Maurin , Jean-Francois Maurin and Marie-Veronique Maurin Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982)...

 and Jean Bouise

Jean Bouise

Jean Bouise was a French actor. In the 1950s he helped to found Théâtre de la Cité, and was a player in the company. He entered films in the 1960s, and played a supporting roles in The Shameless Old Lady, Z, L'Aveu, Out 1 and The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Section spéciale...

, who won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-References:...

 for his performance.

Plot

François Perrin is a belligerent factory worker who plays football for a local amateur team, in a club owned by a rich businessman who also owns the factory where Perrin, as well as most of the population of Trincamp, works. His attitude doesn't endear him to anyone, and the situation is not helped when, at a training session, he pushes Berthier, the star and captain of the team, who demands that Perrin be expelled. Soon thereafter, he is also fired from his job, and the whole town turns against him and he is even prohibited from entering the local bar. When a drunk Berthier tries to rape a woman one night, Perrin is immediately framed for the deed, and ends up in jail after being brutalized by the police. Two months later, the Trincamp team is to participate in an important game for the France's Cup, but the bus carrying the team gets into an accident, and out of desperation to replace the injured players, Perrin is released from jail to help out the team. While on the way to the stadium, he manages to evade police and finds the rape victim and confront her. Rather than resulting in conflict, he actually finds someone who believes him, since she was not positive in her earlier identification, and she decides to investigate the testimonies that convicted Perrin, while he goes on to play and scores both of his team's goals in a very tight victory. Perrin is now the town's hero, and he uses that position and the knowledge of who did what and who made false reports to the police to plot a subtle but effective revenge on those who have wronged him.

Cast

• Patrick Dewaere
  Patrick Dewaere
  Patrick Dewaere was a French film actor. He was born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, son of French actress Mado Maurin. His five siblings, Jean-Pierre Maurin , Yves-Marie Maurin , Dominique Maurin , Jean-Francois Maurin and Marie-Veronique Maurin Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982)...
  
   - François Perrin
• France Dougnac - Stéphanie
• Dorothée Jemma
  Dorothée Jemma
  Dorothée Jemma is a French voice actress specializing in dubbing. She is the dub voice of Jennifer Aniston, Melanie Griffith and Sheryl Lee.-Biography:...
  
   - Marie
• Maurice Barrier - Berri, le patron du 'Penalty'
• Robert Dalban - Jeanjean, le vieux dirigeant
• Mario David
  Mario David
  Mario David was an Italian football player and coach.David was born at Udine. He played in a defensive role from 1952 to 1966 in Livorno, Lanerossi Vicenza, A.C. Milan and U.C. Sampdoria. He won a European Cup Championship with Milan in Wembley 1963 final. In Italy national football team, he...
  
   - Rumin, le kinési
• Hubert Deschamps - Le directeur de la prison
• Dora Doll
  Dora Doll
  Dora Doll is a French actress. She was born Dorothea Feinberg in Berlin.One of her first screen appearances was as Juliette in Henri-Georges Clouzot's Manon . She appeared as Lola in Jacques Becker's Touchez pas au grisbi and as Genisse in Jean Renoir's French Cancan...
  
   - La religieuse en chef
• François Dyrek
  François Dyrek
  François Dyrek was a French actor. He appeared in 141 films and television shows between 1964 and 1999.-Selected filmography:* Let Joy Reign Supreme * Les Ambassadeurs...
  
   - Le chauffeur du premier camion
• Patrick Floersheim - Berthier
• Michel Fortin - Langlumey
• Jacques Frantz - Le chauffeur du second camion
• Gérard Hernandez - L'inspecteur
• Claude Legros - Poilane, le serveur
• Corinne Marchand - Madame Sivardière
• Jean Bouise
  Jean Bouise
  Jean Bouise was a French actor. In the 1950s he helped to found Théâtre de la Cité, and was a player in the company. He entered films in the 1960s, and played a supporting roles in The Shameless Old Lady, Z, L'Aveu, Out 1 and The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Section spéciale...
  
   - Le président Sivardière
• Jean-Pierre Darroussin
  Jean-Pierre Darroussin
  Jean-Pierre Darroussin is a French film actor. He was born in Courbevoie, France on December 4, 1953. His films include the 2004 thriller Red Lights.-Filmography as actor:* 1979 : Coup de tête, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud...
  
  - Le photographe (uncredited)