L'Argent
1983 · Movie · 85 min · ★ 6.9 · 96% critics
A counterfeit banknote quietly circulates through everyday transactions until it reaches an unsuspecting, honest worker. As blame and pressure mount, a small act of fraud triggers a chain reaction of mistrust, punishment, and desperation, pushing an ordinary life into a bleak spiral shaped by greed and indifference.
Based on The Forged Coupon
Also known as Money
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Details
- Years
- 1983
- Release date
- 1983-05-18
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Critic score
- 96/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (288 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a spare, unsettling crime drama about how small choices ripple into ruin, in the vein of Pickpocket; Not for you if you need warmth, clear heroes, or expressive performances.
Pros: bleak moral fable; gripping downward spiral; striking earthy tones | Cons: emotionally distant characters; stiff, robotic delivery; cynical, suffocating mood
Themes
- paris, france
- capitalism
- money
- murder
- serial killer
- solitary confinement
- atm
- cash
- forgery
Cast & crew
- CP
Christian Patey
as Yvon Targe
Vincent Risterucci
as Lucien
- SE
Sylvie Van Den Elsen
as Grey Haired Woman
Michel Briguet
as Grey Haired Woman's Father
Caroline Lang
as Elise
- MF
Marc Ernest Fourneau
as Norbert
- JD
Jean-Frédéric Ducasse
- DB
Didier Baussy
- JA
Jeanne Aptekman
as Yvette
François-Marie Banier
Directed by Robert Bresson