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L'argent
L'argent
8.1
/10
3,611 Ratings

L'ARGENT

Directed by Robert Bresson
France, Switzerland, 1983
Crime, Drama

Synopsis

A forged 500-franc note is cynically passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn’t see it for what it is – which will have devastating consequences on his life, causing him to turn to crime and murder.

Synopsis

A forged 500-franc note is cynically passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn’t see it for what it is – which will have devastating consequences on his life, causing him to turn to crime and murder.

Our take

An exchange of counterfeit money sets off an intractable series of events in Robert Bresson’s cut-glass swan song. Adapted from a Tolstoy novella, this modern-day morality tale unfolds with exacting economy, summiting new heights of spiritual interrogation through its sharp-sighted formal rigor.