So Long, Stooge
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74% Critic Match

So Long, Stooge

7.4 / 10 1983 1h 34mNR French
DramaCrime

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Coluche

Coluche

Lambert

Lead
Agnès Soral

Agnès Soral

Lola

Richard Anconina

Richard Anconina

Youseff Bensoussan

Mahmoud Zemmouri

Mahmoud Zemmouri

Rachid, un intermédiaire

Philippe Léotard

Philippe Léotard

Bauer

MB

Mohamed Ben Smail

Mahmoud

Albert Dray

Albert Dray

Sylvio, un grossiste de la « cam »

Annie Kerani

Annie Kerani

la jeune femme noire

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Claude Berri's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. So Long, Stooge is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker