SO LONG, STOOGE
by Claude Berri
synopsis
Lambert, a burned-out case, works the night shift at a gas station, rarely speaking, living alone, drinking. Bensoussan, raised in foster homes, now a small-time pusher for a bar owner named Rashid, comes to the station needing a spark plug for a stolen Moped. He and Lambert connect somehow, and a few days later, they go for a drink. The young man is too cavalier, and when he swipes Rashid's fancy motorcycle a couple of times, he's expendable. Lambert decides to avenge the young man and seeks information from Lola, a punk who knew Bensoussan. With surprising perseverance, she pierces Lambert's shell; he starts to feel again, tells Lola his story, and finds new enthusiasm for life.
international title: | So Long, Stooge |
original title: | Tchao pantin |
country: | France |
year: | 1983 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Claude Berri |
film run: | 100' |
release date: | FR 21/12/1983, DE 18/01/1985, DK 26/03/1985, ES 1985, BE 10/04/1986, IT 12/08/1987 |
screenplay: | Alain Page, Claude Berri |
cast: | Coluche, Richard Anconina, Agnès Soral |
cinematography by: | Bruno Nuytten |
film editing: | Hervé de Luze |
art director: | Alexandre Trauner |
costumes designer: | Sylvie Gautrelet |
producer: | Pierre Grunstein |
associate producer: | Christian Spillemaecker |