So Long, Stooge

So Long, Stooge

1983 · 94 min · FR · 7.4 (278 votes)
Dir. Claude Berri · Starring Coluche, Agnès Soral, Richard Anconina, Mahmoud Zemmouri, Philippe Léotard, Mohamed Ben Smail · Music Charlélie Couture
DramaCrime

In the 18th Arrondissement of Paris, Lambert, an aloof garage manager working the night shift at a petrol station spends his time drinking on the job, content in his own company. One night, Bensoussan, a small-time drug pusher in dire straits falls in on a stolen moped pretending to need a spark plug. The two men develop an unlikely friendship.

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A raw, melancholic portrait of two lost souls finding an unlikely connection amidst the gritty streets. It feels like a quiet, observational study of urban isolation and the desperate search for belonging.

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