Absolute brilliance, this is an exceptionally gritty and pretty uncomfortable neo-noir set in the rainy streets of Paris. This bleak tale follows an exhausted and rather depressed older man called Lambert (played by Coluche), who works in a petrol station and lives a lonely life of mundane routine and heavy drinking. He ends up meeting a young ambitious man called Bensoussan, who’s naively involved in the criminal underworld, a young man who’s later (implicitly) revealed to be strikingly similar to his son. Lambert and Bensoussan develop a very nuanced but close relationship of deep understanding and unspoken care.
What I really like about this film is the pure rawness and emptiness of the violent scenes and how visceral all these actions seem, it really gives the film an extra edge of devastation that perfectly compliments the emotional weight of the relationships.
Stylistically this film is terrifically naturalistic and very grounded, its drenched in sweaty darkness and has a real-life grit to it that makes it feel incomparable to many other neo-noirs. The characters are also presented in a kind of anti-cool manner, an older and rather fat man who works in a petrol station goes around on a dangerous redemption arc that leads to many deaths and ultimately his own; this is not meant to come across as overly cool, to be honest it kind of is very sick in its own quite sad nature. Anyways I think this desired portrayal is another layer of complex realness, showing how a real-life ‘protagonist’ isn’t normally a slick and well dressed character but a detached and self-destructive old fat guy.
I thought this film was the perfect ratio of stylishness and bleak emotional weight. Even though I haven’t written too much about it, trust me I loved Tchao Pantin.

Also the limited edition (to 3000 copies) radiance blu ray of this film is so excellent, with gorgeous packaging and a very detailed little booklet, some great special features and a 4k restoration from Pathé which looks stunning. Radiance is superb.

Absolute brilliance, this is an exceptionally gritty and pretty uncomfortable neo-noir set in the rainy streets of Paris. This bleak tale follows an exhausted and rather depressed older man called Lambert (played by Coluche), who works in a petrol station and lives a lonely life of mundane routine and heavy drinking. He ends up meeting a young ambitious man called Bensoussan, who’s naively involved in the criminal underworld, a young man who’s later (implicitly) revealed to be strikingly similar to his son. Lambert and Bensoussan develop a very nuanced but close relationship of deep understanding and unspoken care.
What I really like about this film is the pure rawness and emptiness of the violent scenes and how visceral all these actions seem, it really gives the film an extra edge of devastation that perfectly compliments the emotional weight of the relationships.
Stylistically this film is terrifically naturalistic and very grounded, its drenched in sweaty darkness and has a real-life grit to it that makes it feel incomparable to many other neo-noirs. The characters are also presented in a kind of anti-cool manner, an older and rather fat man who works in a petrol station goes around on a dangerous redemption arc that leads to many deaths and ultimately his own; this is not meant to come across as overly cool, to be honest it kind of is very sick in its own quite sad nature. Anyways I think this desired portrayal is another layer of complex realness, showing how a real-life ‘protagonist’ isn’t normally a slick and well dressed character but a detached and self-destructive old fat guy.
I thought this film was the perfect ratio of stylishness and bleak emotional weight. Even though I haven’t written too much about it, trust me I loved Tchao Pantin.

Also the limited edition (to 3000 copies) radiance blu ray of this film is so excellent, with gorgeous packaging and a very detailed little booklet, some great special features and a 4k restoration from Pathé which looks stunning. Radiance is superb.

Coluche qui gagne un César pour ce rôle…… 👩🏻‍🦯👩🏻‍🦯

Coluche qui gagne un César pour ce rôle…… 👩🏻‍🦯👩🏻‍🦯

La sœur soral qui joue une punk qui sort avec un pied noir et un keuf c'était pas dans mon bingo

La sœur soral qui joue une punk qui sort avec un pied noir et un keuf c'était pas dans mon bingo

juste taxi driver en 100x mieux finalement

juste taxi driver en 100x mieux finalement

Wow wow wow merci au padre pr la découverte 👌👌👌

Wow wow wow merci au padre pr la découverte 👌👌👌