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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, SYNOPSIS: Vincent, a stunt pilot, is acquitted of murdering his wife and her lover. However, a few years later, L'Elegant, the Judge in the case, comes to blackmail him. The Judge's nephew, Paul, is having trouble with his wife and they demand that Vincent kill her. The Judge, a confirmed bachelor, takes Paul and Vincent on the road to search for Paul's wife Marie. The three men get on well together, and spend their time discussing their relationship with women. ...Tango
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Tango is one of those films that really shouldn't be as likeable as it is. This 1993 black comedy is Patrice Leconte in Bertrand Blier mode, but without the darkness, bite or inevitable third act problems that plague Blier's films. In fact, it may be the most lighthearted misogynist film ever made, as judge Philippe Noiret blackmails Richard Bohringer into killing his nephew Thierry L'Hermitte's wife. Cue a road trip in search of their intended victim and a series of encounters with the opposite sex where they bond and bicker en route to the expected but not unsatisfying ending. The scope camerawork is playful and a visual treat and the cameos from Carole Bouquet, Miou Miou (in a blonde crop that makes her look surprisingly like Leconte regular Sandrine Bonnaire) and the Hairdresser's Husband himself Jean Rochefort (in a part initially so gratuitously minor it verges on the inspirational) are fun. And there's a great joke about handwriting too...
No extras, but Second Sight's DVD boasts a nice 2.35:1 transfer.
No extras, but Second Sight's DVD boasts a nice 2.35:1 transfer.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I love this film. It so French - in fact its the type of comedy that only the French can make. A classic road-trip movie but with the humour as black as anything and the acting terrific. The idea that a judge can release a double murderer so as to blackmail him into assisting his adulterous nephew in murdering his wife is so preposterous but so wonderfully gallic. Still brilliant 17 years after its release.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Although I don't speak French I found the dialogue slow enough to read with ease throughout a surprisingly fast plotted film. Very French in style with facinating characters, frequently laced with hilarious quirky moments. Considering this film was produced in 1993 it is still refreshingly origional and especially appealing to anyone who enjoys slightly controversial humor. Very highly reccomended.
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