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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. It was Bresson's last film and won the Director's Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.
May 18, 1983 · A film adaptation of a Tolstoy short story about a man who becomes a criminal after a counterfeit bill incident. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, quotes, and more.
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- Crime, Drama
- Robert Bresson
- 1983-05-18
A man's life is ruined by a counterfeit bill he receives in a Paris photography shop. L'Argent is a minimalist and haunting film that explores the destructive power of money and greed.
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- Christian Patey
- Robert Bresson
- Crime, Drama
A 1983 adaptation of Tolstoy's short story \"Faux billet\" by the French master of spiritual cinema. L'argent depicts the corrupting influence of money on a young truck driver and other characters in contemporary Paris.
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Feb 12, 2022 · L’Argent (Money) is Bresson’s final film, and his take on Tolstoy’s story characterizes people as rapacious and violent, and our society as cruel and unjust. With his meticulous approach to craft and structure, Bresson portrays an evil that spreads out from an act of forgery like a disease.
Jul 11, 2017 · A critical analysis of Robert Bresson's final film, L'argent, a bleak vision of society as a hellish prison without hope of redemption. The essay explores the film's minimalist form, its adaptation of Tolstoy's novella, and its themes of crime, punishment, and freedom.
A 1983 adaptation of a Tolstoy novella by French master Robert Bresson, L'argent depicts the corrupting influence of a counterfeit bill in contemporary Paris. The film is a stark and unforgiving vision of original sin and dehumanization, with no hope of transcendence.
