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L'Argent Details

1983

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Starring	Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Caroline Lang
Director	Robert Bresson
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

L'Argent

The last film by veteran writer/director Robert Bresson, the French crime drama L'Argent (Money) was based on a short story by Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. Looking for some quick cash, young man Norbert (Marc Ernest Fourneau) gets a phony 500 franc note from his friend Matrial (Bruno Lapeyre). After he spends it at a photography shop, the unscrupulous shop owner (Didier Baussy) decides to pass it on to someone else. The unfortunate victim is honest delivery man Yvon Targe (Christian Patey), who doesn't realize the bill is a fake. When he tries to buy some food with it, he is arrested. He tries to sue the photographer, but shop assistant Lucien (Vincent Risterucci) has been bribed to stay quiet about the transaction. The scandal causes Yvon to lose his job. In order to support his family, he tries driving a getaway car for some criminals. Unfortunately, their heist doesn't go so well, and he is sent to prison for three years. While incarcerated, his child dies of diphtheria and his wife (Caroline Lang) leaves him. Crazed, Yvon turns to theft, violent crime, and eventually cold-blooded murder. L'Argent earned (Bresson) the Director's Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Starring	Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Caroline Lang
Director	Robert Bresson
Studio	FUSION MEDIA
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 22 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, World Cinema
Language	DVD: French
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1983 To Rent: DVD: 23 May 2005

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- A single 500 franc forged note changes hands as a schoolboy prank; and with remorseless logic, an innocent is led down... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
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  One thing leads to another.
  
  The film starts with a boy in debt and his father won't help out with extra pocket money. He gets help(?) from a friend by way of a dud note, which they ... read more »
  
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  - JG Weston
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  - 28 Apr 2005 at 15:02
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  Disappointing film
  
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  Perhaps going against the grain here on thoughts that this is a good film, but I didn't find it to be so. The lack of character development of Yvon Targe ... read more »
  
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  - 02 Aug 2010 at 13:10
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  Money - the root of much evil
  
  This was Robert Bresson’s final film. A parable on the power of money to lead to greed and corruption seems quite apt in our modern times of greedy ... read more »
  
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  - 08 Jun 2010 at 13:53
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  Oh dear - classic?
  
  It was very hard to get through this. I really tried to see the classic influence it had. I failed.
  
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  The last film by veteran writer/director Robert Bresson, the French crime drama L'Argent (Money) was based on a short story by Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. Looking for some quick cash, young man Norbert (Marc Ernest Fourneau) gets a phony 500 franc note from his friend Matrial (Bruno Lapeyre). ...