So Long, Stooge
(1983)
★ 7.4 IMDb · 273 votes
Year: 1983
Runtime: 100 мин
Country: France
Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Coluche, Аньес Сораль, Richard Anconina, Mahmoud Zemmouri, Philippe Léotard, Mohamed Ben Smail, Albert Dray, Annie Kerani, Pierrick Mescam, Венсан Мартен
Plot
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.
Lambert, a burned-out case, works the night shift at a gas station, rarely speaking, living alone, drinking. Bensoussan, raised in foster homes, now a small-time pusher for a bar owner named Rashid, comes to the station needing a spark plug for a stolen Moped. He and Lambert connect somehow, and a few days later, they go for a drink. The young man is too cavalier, and when he swipes Rashid's fancy motorcycle a couple of times, he's expendable. Lambert decides to avenge the young man and seeks information from Lola, a punk who knew Bensoussan. With surprising perseverance, she pierces Lambert's shell; he starts to feel again, tells Lola his story, and finds new enthusiasm for life.