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L'Argent Reviews

1983

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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). After he spends it at a .. Read more

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

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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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  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
  - Chelmsford, Essex
  - 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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  - london
  - 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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- - Zamy
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  - London
  - 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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  - Hants
  - 31 May 2010 at 11:18
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  load of bo****ks
  
  terrible acting and story line - otherwise totally mediocre.
  
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  - Guernsey
  - 31 Oct 2009 at 13:57
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  bad acting!
  
  I have never seen such poor acting before! The story is like nothing - don't bother
  
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- - micstel
  - Kent
  - 18 Aug 2009 at 14:00
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  Amateurish tosh
  
  Extraordinary to think that this film features in the 1001 Films You Must See Before You Die book, gets three stars in Halliwell's and four in the Radio ... read more »
  
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- - norfolkdave
  - 11 reviews
  - Wymondham
  - 14 Aug 2009 at 15:13
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  A master in decline
  
  A pity! A beginner would not get approval for the lack of a clear script or direction deliberately marking this film. You wonder whether the actors are going ... read more »
  
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  - Bangor
  - 21 Apr 2009 at 14:55
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  'L'Argent'
  
  Enjoyable well paced film. Alot different from usual American storylines. Thought last part of film slightly confusing but on the whole made a change from ... read more »
  
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  - Wetherby
  - 21 Jan 2009 at 23:47
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  Bewildering
  
  Watching it forced me to put myself into a pre-'83 frame of mind.....
  
  Not always easy when the action consisted in large part of opening and ... read more »
  
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  - Aberdeen, Scotland
  - 19 Sep 2007 at 10:53
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  Stark Bresson film intriguing but emotionless
  
  Having heard that Robert Bresson is one of the lesser sung geniuses of film, I was looking forward to seeing my first Bresson film. L'Argent has a spare, ... read more »
  
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  - 27 Jun 2006 at 22:10
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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
  - Chelmsford, Essex
  - 28 Apr 2005 at 15:02
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  Is this a parody????
  
  It takes a lot of indulgence to watch until the end. The framing together with the acting makes it completely uninteresting. Go for it if you want to waste one... read more »
  
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  - Chester, England
  - 16 Mar 2006 at 22:58
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  Bit slow, with woody acting
  
  Love frenchy cinema, but this was just too slow and the acting was incredibly woody and monotonous.
  
  Even if you like foreign/arthouse films, steer ... read more »
  
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  - hampstead
  - 05 Jun 2006 at 11:41
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  Bewildering
  
  Watching it forced me to put myself into a pre-'83 frame of mind.....
  
  Not always easy when the action consisted in large part of opening and ... read more »
  
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  - Aberdeen, Scotland
  - 19 Sep 2007 at 10:53
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  Lean and mean
  
  This is a film you'll either love or hate, depending on your appreciation of Bresson's particular film-making style. Every scene is stripped down to it... read more »
  
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- - Melon
  - East Sussex
  - 22 Jun 2005 at 14:48
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  Compulsive viewing
  
  The wholly believable story line runs its own course without the usual 'Hollywood-type' bells and whistles in terms of visual overload to side track ... read more »
  
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  - Anstey Leicester England
  - 03 Aug 2005 at 07:36
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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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- - Zamy
  - 552 reviews
  - London
  - 08 Jun 2010 at 13:53
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  Stark Bresson film intriguing but emotionless
  
  Having heard that Robert Bresson is one of the lesser sung geniuses of film, I was looking forward to seeing my first Bresson film. L'Argent has a spare, ... read more »
  
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  - London, England
  - 27 Jun 2006 at 22:10
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  Keep Brass in Pocket
  
  The film, a bleak moralistic tale about the way that money corrupts young and old and destroys lives based on Leo Tolstoy's 'A False Note'. ... read more »
  
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- - Grizzlybear
  - Swindon, England
  - 31 Oct 2005 at 10:52
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  'L'Argent'
  
  Enjoyable well paced film. Alot different from usual American storylines. Thought last part of film slightly confusing but on the whole made a change from ... read more »
  
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  - Wetherby
  - 21 Jan 2009 at 23:47

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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). ...