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L'argent /

"In his ruthlessly clear-eyed final film, French master Robert Bresson pushed his unique blend of spiritual rumination and formal rigor to a new astringency. Transposing a Tolstoy novella to contemporary Paris, L'argent follows a counterfeit bill as it originates in a schoolboy prank, then...

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Other Authors: Bresson, Robert, (Screenwriter), Patey, Christian, (Actor), Risterucci, Vincent, (Actor), Lang, Caroline, 1961- (Actor), Elsen, Sylvie van den, (Actor), Tabourin, Béatrice, (Actor), Baussy, Didier, (Actor), Fourneau, Marc Ernest, (Actor), Lapeyre, Bruno, (Actor), Banier, François-Marie, (Actor), Aptekman, Jeanne, (Actor), Behr, Jacques, (Actor), Durieux, Gilles, (Actor), Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750, (composer (expression)), De Santis, Pasqualino, (director of photography.), Machuel, Emmanuel, (director of photography.), Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Language:French
English
Published: [New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]
Edition:Blu-ray special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 886.
Subjects:
Counterfeits and counterfeiting > Drama.
Money > Forgeries > Drama.
Social classes > Drama.
Life change events > Drama.
Deception > Drama.
Practical jokes > Drama.
False arrest > Drama.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting.
Deception.
False arrest.
Life change events.
Money > Forgeries.
Practical jokes.
Social classes.
Crime films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Motion pictures > France.
Motion pictures > Switzerland.
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Summary:"In his ruthlessly clear-eyed final film, French master Robert Bresson pushed his unique blend of spiritual rumination and formal rigor to a new astringency. Transposing a Tolstoy novella to contemporary Paris, L'argent follows a counterfeit bill as it originates in a schoolboy prank, then circulates like a virus among the corrupt and the virtuous alike before landing with a young truck driver, leading him to incarceration and violence"--Container.
Item Description:Title from title frame.
Based on the novella The forged coupon by Leo Tolstoy.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983.
Widescreen (1.66:1).
Features: Press conference from the 1983 Cannes Film Festival ; "L'argent", A to Z, a new fifty-minute video essay by film scholar James Quandt ; Trailer; In booklet: an essay by critic Adrian Martin and a 1983 interview with director Robert Bresson by critic Michel Ciment.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm)
Format:Blu-ray, region A; widescreen (1.66:1); monaural.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Pianist, Michel Briguet ; music, J.S. Bach ; directors of photography, Pasqualino de Santis, Emmanuel Machuel ; production designer, Pierre Guffroy ; editor, Jean-Franc̦ois Naudon.
ISBN:9781681433318

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