Tchao Pantin aka So Long, Stooge
It’s a lousy title, in English anyway. So Long, Stooge – Tchao Pantin in the original French. Might be better as See You, Loser? Anyhow, it’s a rather unusual sort of film – part one a love story of sorts, part two a revenge thriller – tied together by Coluche, a French comedy actor way off his turf here. Coluche took the gig because he needed to pay the taxman but the choice of roles turns out to be inspired. His knack for a particularly French sort of shrugging deadpan serves him well, especially in the first half, when his Lambert first meets and befriends Youssef Bensoussan (Richard Anconina), an Arab street dude on … Read more