movie poster for L'ARGENT

Flicks ID

4321

Cert

PG

Running time

82 mins

Country

Format

DVD

L'ARGENT (1983)

ROBERT BRESSON

Plot

Bresson's subtle adaption of a Tolstoy story, 'The Forged Coupon', is a masterpiece of directorial understatement. The passing of a forged 500F note by two boys leads, unbeknownst to them, to the decline and fall of an innocent man. His descent into madness is as bleak a portrayal of moral conflict as you will see.