A work of true cinematic genius that stands head and shoulders above most other pictures and seems to defy critical judgment.
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L'Argent (1983)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:15
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.3/10
Runtime: 82 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Robert Bresson won a Best Director Award at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival, as well as the Grand Prize for Creation, for this contemporary revision of Leo Tolstoy's short story. The tragedy tells of... [More]
Starring: Christian Patey, Caroline Lang, Sylvie Van den Elsen
Director: Robert Bresson
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blank in style and bleak in message... Yet like money itself, the value of L'Argent is no more or less than what one is willing to give it.
07/22/05
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.
05/15/05
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).
06/11/05
No review available.
07/30/05
It's mind-blowing.
06/12/05
Based on a novella by Tolstoy, this French film offers an elegant study of money.
08/19/04
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.
07/22/03
Absolutely stunning; even on his last film Bresson had not dimmed one iota.
04/04/03
As others have pointed out, it does not feel like the work of a man in his 80s.
05/30/05
The ending, most of all, shows Bresson’s ability to find an alternate route to grace, given the circumstances.
06/12/05
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.
09/20/05
Many critics regard it as the very best film of the Eighties.
03/10/03
No review available.
01/03/05
It's tough but it's also rewarding.
05/20/03
and clinical, and more than a little depressing
06/05/05
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