L'argent

L'argent

DVD - 2017

When an innocent prank goes wrong, it becomes the definitive moment in a man's life. A forged 500 franc note is accidentally passed to an unsuspecting young man. Ignorant of its origins, he tries to use the bill but is apprehended for forgery.

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Subjects
Counterfeits and counterfeiting > Drama.
Practical jokes > Drama.
Money > Forgeries > Drama.
Forgery > Drama.
False arrest > Drama.
Crime > Drama.
Life change events > Drama.
Feature films.
Crime films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Feature films
Crime films
Film adaptations
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection [2017]
Language
French
English
Corporate Authors
Marion's Films, France 3 cinéma (Firm), Eos Films
Corporate Authors
Marion's Films (presenter), France 3 cinéma (Firm) (production company), Eos Films
Other Authors
Robert Bresson (film director), Christian Patey (actor), Vincent Risterucci (-), Caroline Lang, 1961-, Sylvie van den Elsen, Béatrice Tabourin, Didier Baussy, Marc Ernest Fourneau, Bruno Lapeyre, François-Marie Banier, Jeanne Aptekman, Jacques Behr, Gilles Durieux, Leo Tolstoy, 1828-1910
Edition
DVD special edition ; DVD edition
Item Description
Title from container.
Based on the novella The forged coupon by Leo Tolstoy.
DVD release of the 1983 motion picture.
Wide screen (1.66:1).
Special features: Press conference from the 1983 Cannes Film Festival ; "L'argent", A to Z, a new video essay by film scholar James Quandt ; trailer ; New English subtitle translation ; Plus: an essay by critic Adrian Martin and a newly expanded 1983 interview with director Robert Bresson by critic Michel Ciment.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD ; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits
Cinematography, Pasqualin De Santis, Emmanuel Machuel ; editor, Jean-François Naudon ; Pianist, Michel Briguet ; music, J.S. Bach.
ISBN
9781681433325
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Inspired by Leo Tolstoy's novella The Forged Coupon for his final film, French master of minimalism Robert Bresson (Pickpocket; Diary of a Country Priest) follows the money trail when a pair of teens pass off a counterfeit bill to a proprietor, who, in turn, knowingly passes the fake note to an unsuspecting delivery man. In a parable told in the director's signature stark style-no music, terse dialog, with a studious avoidance of traditional drama-this digitally restored rumination on the ruinous consequences of unethical behavior for a hapless innocent is "starkly" devastating. [See Trailers, LJ 6/1/17] © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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