L'Argent (1983 film)
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L'Argent (Money), inspired by the Leo Tolstoy short story The Forged Coupon, is the final film by French film director Robert Bresson. It earned its maker the Director's Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot setup
Bresson's modern retelling begins as a bourgeois youth enters his father's study to claim a monthly allowance. His father obliges, but the son presses for more, citing a debt at school he must pay. The father dismisses him and an appeal to his mother fails. This leads him to pawn off his watch to a friend who, instead of paying him, provides him with a forged 500-franc note. After the trade, the youth lingers to peruse an album of nude art, with similar images to appear throughout the film.The boys take the counterfeit to a photo shop and change it on the pretext of buying a picture frame. When the store co-manager finds out, he scolds his partner for her lack of wariness. She chides him in return for having accepted two forged notes the previous week. He then vows to pass off all the forged notes in their possession at the next opportunity, which arises when a gas man comes in with a bill.
External links
- [Free eBook: The Forged Coupon and Other Stories] at Project Gutenberg
- [Gallery of international poster art] at Masters of Cinema website
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