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L'Argent (French pronunciation: [laʁ.ʒɑ̃], meaning "money") is a 1983 French tragedy film written and directed by Robert Bresson. The film is loosely inspired by the first part of Leo Tolstoy 's posthumously published 1911 novella The Forged Coupon .
May 18, 1983 · L'Argent: Directed by Robert Bresson. With Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Caroline Lang, Sylvie Van den Elsen. A counterfeit bill that starts off as a schoolboy prank leads to incarceration and violence.
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- Crime, Drama
- Robert Bresson
- 1983-05-18
Transposing a Tolstoy novella to contemporary Paris, L’argent follows a counterfeit bill as it originates as a prop in a schoolboy prank, then circulates like a virus among the corrupt and the virtuous alike before landing with a young truck driver and leading him to incarceration and violence.
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L’Argent est un film français réalisé par Robert Bresson, sorti le 18 mai 1983. Il s'inspire de la nouvelle Le Faux Coupon de Léon Tolstoï.
- Robert Bresson
- Marion's FilmsFR3EOS Films
- Robert Bresson
1h 24m. While collecting payment from a Paris photography shop, hard-working fuel delivery man Yvon Targe (Christian Patey) is purposefully given counterfeit money without his knowledge. When...
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- Christian Patey
- Robert Bresson
- Crime, Drama
An in-depth review of the film L'Argent (1983) directed by Robert Bresson, featuring Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Caroline Lang.
L'argent. Directed by Robert Bresson • 1983 • France, Switzerland. Starring Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Caroline Lang. In his ruthlessly clear-eyed final film, French master Robert Bresson pushed his unique blend of spiritual rumination and formal rigor to a new level of astringency.