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L'Argent
Directed by
Robert Bresson
Not Rated
1983
85m
Crime
,
Drama
,
and more
7.4
97%
81%
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A forged 500-franc note is 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.
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Cast of L'Argent
Christian Patey
Yvon Targe
Vincent Risterucci
Lucien
Sylvie Van Den Elsen
Grey Haired Woman
Michel Briguet
Grey Haired Woman's Father
Caroline Lang
Elise
Marc Ernest Fourneau
Norbert
Jean-Frédéric Ducasse
un client du magasin
Didier Baussy
le photographe
Jeanne Aptekman
Yvette
François-Marie Banier
le compagnon de cellule d'Yvon
Alain Aptekman
Gilles Durieux
Robert Bresson
Director / Writer
Daniel Toscan du Plantier
Producer
Jean-Marc Henchoz
Producer
L'Argent Ratings & Reviews
Jefferson Bittencourt
March 31, 2025
Masterpiece from Bresson. Not for everyone. Don't watch if you are tired. Every frame and tempo are well crafted. In Cannes Bresson and Tarkovski wins the director prize. I prefer Tarkovski, but Bresson is, like Dreyer, a special filmmaker.
Washington Post
Paul Attanasio
Its pleasures are the classic pleasures of the art film -- niceties of technique, juxtapositions of image and sound, a judiciousness in choosing what is shown, and what isn't.
CraveOnline
Witney Seibold
L'Argent is one of the most damning litanies of human evil one may encounter. It's also one of the better films.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
Bresson, working his sound track as assiduously as his visuals, once again makes us realize how little use most films make of the resources of the cinema. A masterpiece.
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
A harrowing scour of ideological cinema.
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
Bresson -- who was eighty-two years old when the film came out, and clearly in no mood for mellowing -- frames the acts of wickedness, both great and small, with a terrifying calm.
Classic Film and Television
Michael E. Grost
Harrowing crime film about the persecution of a working class man by the rich.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
...we can see Bresson's influence on Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski, Yvon's curtly procedural trial and subsequent acts a precursor to "A Short Film About Killing."
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Leo Goldsmith
Bresson is not often noted for his engagement with social issues, but in fact his films consistently address the physical and spiritual effects of poverty and crime.
Slant Magazine
Eric Henderson
Robert Bresson's film hits with the effect not so much reflecting a cleansing of the soul, but rather a ransacking.
MovieMartyr.com
Jeremy Heilman
The ending, most of all, shows Bresson's ability to find an alternate route to grace, given the circumstances.
Filmjourney
Doug Cummings
L'Argent showcases the filmmaker at the height of his formal ingenuity, particularly his use of narrative ellipses and fragmented space (close-ups of legs, hands, objects).
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
It's cold and clinical, and more than a little depressing.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As others have pointed out, it does not feel like the work of a man in his 80s.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A powerful and harrowing film that renews one's faith that modern cinema can bring to light what no other medium can do in the same way.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Based on a novella by Tolstoy, this French film offers an elegant study of money.
Film and Felt
Gabe Leibowitz
Bresson's obsessive leg and arm shots force us to use our imaginations; there are no eyes to tell us what the characters are feeling.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
It's tough but it's also rewarding.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Many critics regard it as the very best film of the Eighties.
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