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...
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 25 min.
- Country, year
- France, Switzerland, 1983
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- French
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Robert Bresson
- Screenplay
- Robert Bresson
- Cinematography
- Pasqualino De Santis, Emmanuel Machuel
- Music
- Jean-François Naudon
- Cast
- Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Caroline Lang, Sylvie Van den Elsen
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- in competition, Best Director Award
- nominated for Best Sound.
Director
Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson (1901-1999) trained as a painter before moving into films as a screenwriter. After spending more than a year as a German POW during World War II, he made his debut with Angels of Sin (1943). Bresson’s next film Les dames du Bois de Boulogne(1945) was the last he worked with professional actors. He created a unique minimalist style for which critics praised him as one of the greatest artists in the history of the cinema. In 1989 Bresson was awarded Career Golden Lion in Venice Film Festival.
