Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: RAD063BDLE
- Format: Blu-ray
- UPC: 760137157663
- Street Date: 07/30/24
- PreBook Date: 06/25/24
- Label: Radiance »
- Genre: Mystery/Thriller
- Run Time: 100 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 1983
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 25
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
- Language: French
Cast & Crew
- Actor: Coluche
- Actor: Richard Anconina
- Actor: Philippe Leotard
- Actor: Agnes Soral
- Director: Claude Berri
Product Assets
Tchao Pantin
Lambert befriends Bensoussan, a young tearaway pushing drugs. When Bensoussan gets in trouble, Lambert feels a responsibility to him.
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Bensoussan (Richard Anconina) is a small-time drug pusher in the 18th Arrondissement of Paris. Being trailed by suspicious patrol cops he takes refuge in a petrol station and strikes up a conversation with night manager Lambert (Coluche). As Bensoussan continues to drop in on Lambert they develop a friendship. But it isn't long before problems arise for Bensoussan and Lambert feels a responsibility to the the young tearaway. Slick and stunningly shot by Bruno Nyutten (Possession), this rain-soaked neo-noir was a multiple winner at the French César Academy Awards taking home acting prizes for both leads, the film anchored by their tender performances. A tale of friendship and revenge set within the fatalistic noir framework. Claude Berri's Tchao Pantin was a box office smash in France. Radiance Films is proud to present Tchao Pantin on Blu-ray for the first time outside of France from a glorious 4K restoration supervised by Nyutten.
Media
Bonus Materials
- 4K restoration by Pathé approved by cinematographer Bruno Nyutten
- Uncompressed mono PCM audio
- Once Upon a Time… Tchao Pantin - A documentary on the film featuring interviews with writer-director Claude Berri, novelist Alain Page, stars Richard Anconina, Mahmoud Zemmouri, Agnés Soral, cinematographer Bruno Nyutten and others (2003, 55 mins)
- Trailer
- Newly improved English subtitle translation
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Manuela Lazic
- More TBC
Sales Points
- Cool Neonoir for fans of Leon: The Professional, The Equalizer, Oldboy, and Deathwish
- Won the César Award for Best Actor and selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 57th Academy Awards
- Brand new 4K restoration
- First time on Blu-ray
Press Quotes
An exceptional example of early French neonoir
—John Grant, Noirish
Colouche's preformance is now historic: as soon as a comic reveals his talent for tragedy, we will henceforth speak of [this role] as a yardstick for success
—Alligatographe
Rarely is there a day in a shattered juggernaut, where everyone is fighting for their own survival, for their sanity. Coluche seems to have grabbed the whole of Paris by the soul
—Vanorden, The Gaffer