The Money (1983)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The money |
| Original title | L'Argent |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1983 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert Bresson |
| script | Robert Bresson |
| production | Jean-Marc Henchoz |
| music | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| camera |
Pasqualino De Santis , Emmanuel Machuel |
| cut | Jean-François Naudon |
| occupation | |
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The money (original title: L'Argent ) is a French film from 1983 . Directed by Robert Bresson . The literary template is the story The fake coupon by Leo Tolstoy .
action
A counterfeit 500 franc note is circulating. Yvon, the fuel oil driver, got hold of the counterfeit banknote through a delivery to a photo shop. When he pays his bill with the fake in a restaurant, he is now suspected of having faked the money. A downward spiral opens up for Yvon, he loses his job, goes to prison, his child dies and his wife leaves him. After a failed suicide attempt, Yvon becomes a criminal himself.
criticism
“In its seemingly fatalistic radicalism and pessimistic overall vision, the film urges reflection on how the ideal alternative world of the spiritual and spiritual crisis of humanity could be thought or presented. This impetus can be derived not least from the formal aesthetic perfection that characterizes the film, like many earlier Bresson films, and that achieves a mystical quality in its reduction of formal elements. "
“Robert Bresson is in his seventies; 'The Money' is his fourteenth film, almost fifty years after his first; With the arrogance, seriousness and steadfastness of a hermit, he worked all his life to clean up the filthy mishmash medium of film, to refine it into a 'pure' art of images and sounds: through renunciation. "
Web links
- The money in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Review in the mirror
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The money. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Urs Jenny: Dominotheorie spiegel.de, Der Spiegel, 51/1983, 2nd half of December 1983, accessed January 6, 2017.