# L'Argent (1983)

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**Runtime**: 85 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: Robert Bresson
**Written by**: Robert Bresson, Leo Tolstoy
**Starring**: Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Sylvie Van Den Elsen, Michel Briguet, Caroline Lang, Marc Ernest Fourneau

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You pass a forged 500-franc note to buy bread and it changes hands again before reaching a trusting young laborer who believes it's real. A small mistake spirals into irreversible ruin across France. Bresson’s austere gaze freezes the transaction in mid-air, leaving the coin’s weight suspended forever.

**Mood tags**: dread, slow-burn

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