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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.

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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