So Long (1983)

Original title

Tchao Pantin

Directed by

Claude Berri

Genre

drama film, neo-noir

Country

France

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

U

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 270 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A broken gas station attendant forms a friendship with a young drifter. When the drifter is killed, the attendant sets out to find the people responsible.

melancholicgrittyslow-burnbleaktenseemotionally rawrestrained

What happens

So Long, Stooge (French: Tchao Pantin) is a 1983 French crime drama film directed by Claude Berri and based on a novel by Alain Page, starring Coluche, Agnès Soral and Richard Anconina. It tells the story of Lambert, a broken, bitter man who befriends a younger, lost, man whom he tries in vain to help, and later seeks to avenge his friend's murder. A success at the French box-office, the film is best known for being the first dramatic role of Coluche, then one of France's most popular comedians. Coluche won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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