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Robert BressonScreenplay:
Robert BressonCast:
Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Caroline Lang, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Béatrice Tabourin, Didier Baussy, Marc Ernest Fourneau, Bruno Lapeyre (more)VOD (1)
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A forged banknote leads to a tragic chain of events that culminates in murder, in Robert Bresson's superb swansong. Based on a short story by Tolstoy, L'Argent is Bresson's uncompromising last word on sin, chance and salvation, themes that he explored with such power and force throughout his 40-year career. Shot in the director's imitable austere style, the film won the Best Director prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival and is widely regarded as one of his great masterpieces. (British Film Institute (BFI))
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Everything that exists must have a cause, and because the chain of causes cannot be infinite, there must exist a first cause. Some have used this well-known "proof" to demonstrate the existence of God. But what if instead of the traditional God, another deity sneaks in? Catholic Robert Bresson perfectly reveals what lies at the end of the chain of causes... His traditionally minimalist form suits this film precisely - that cold, slow, relentless, and hopeless submission to that deity that moves the world. And when a person does not submit to it, they can no longer demand anything from the world. Wouldn't everyone then become a murderer?
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The interesting form of this film, which seems to be devoid of emotion, appeals to me on one hand, but then there's the fact that the film simply didn't entertain me. There are interesting details here that resonate with me and that I enjoy, but then there's the whole, which simply didn't click with me, and I found myself bored by it. I just can't consider the film that exceptional.
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