French label Pathe will add two new titles to its Classics Collection: Julien Duvivier's
Marie-Octobre (1959), starring Danielle Darrieux, Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Robert Dalban, and Serge Reggiani, and Claude Berri's
So Long, Stooge (1983), starring Coluche, Richard Anconina, Agnès Soral, Philippe Léotard, and Albert Dray.
Marie-Octobre
Synopsis: A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin (Danielle Darrieux). The former members of the network have carried on with their lives after the war, but this evening they are going to have to live again a fateful night -- the night their leader was killed. He had been betrayed, his name given to the Germans. The search for the traitor puts each personality in the spotlight -- and also that of the killed leader, Castille. Cinematography by Robert Lefebvre (
Casque d'Or,
The Maurizius Affair). NEW 2K RESTORATION.
Tchao pantin a.k.a. So Long, Stooge
Synopsis: An alcoholic ex-policeman (Coluche) roams the Paris underworld with a punk girl (Agnès Soral) to avenge a vile Arab drug dealer (Richard Anconina). Cinematography by Bruno Nuytten (Andrzej Zulawski's
Possession,
Camille Claudel). NEW 2K RESTORATION.