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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 · Based on Tolstoy's short story, L'Argent follows the tragic consequences of a forged 500-franc note. The film explores the themes of nihilism, misanthropy, and the loss of innocence in a corrupt society.
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- Crime, Drama
- Robert Bresson
- 1983-05-18
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 Yvon ...
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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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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.
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.
Based on a short story by Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy entitled "Faux Billet", L'Argent is Bresson's last uncompromising film which earned him the Best Director's Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, tied with Andrei Tarkovsky for Nostalgia (1983).
