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Tango [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ]

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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 Philippe Noiret (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 on Second Sight's UK PAL DVD, but it boasts a nice 2.35:1 transfer.