Stavisky... (1974)
Average Rating: 8.3/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 1
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Critic Reviews: 2
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 0
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This film by French director Alain Resnais (Last Year in Marienbad) is loosely based on a true story from the 1930s about financier, con-man and swindler Stavisky who was arrested in 1934 for selling phony stock but was never brought to trial. While in jail, he continued to engage in doubtful monetary transactions. As the rumors that he was being protected by high-ranking members of the government of the French Third Republic were undoubtedly true, the scandal had a profoundly unsettling effect
Jan 1, 1974 Wide
Oct 1, 1991
Cast
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Jean-Paul Belmondo
Stavisky -
François Périer
Borelli -
Anny Duperey
Arlette -
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Roberto Bisacco
Montalvo -
Charles Boyer
Raoul -
Michel Lonsdale
Mezy -
Claude Rich
Bonny -
Gigi Ballista
Henriet -
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Yves Brainville
M de la Salle -
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Maurice Jacquemont
Gauthier -
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Jacques Spiesser
Granville -
Pierre Vernier
Pierre Grammont -
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Gérard Depardieu
Le jeune inventeur -
Michel Beaune
Le maitre-chanteur -
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Marcel Cuvelier
Bosseaud -
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All Critics (8) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (1) | DVD (4)
A spell-casting mood piece that is also factually frustrating.
Like Charles Foster Kane, Alexandre Stavisky is a man of intriguing parts that make up any number of wholes.
The picture is technically brilliant, visually stunning, and ceaselessly interesting.
A failed film, but attractive and interesting enough to earn the attention of all lovers of non-conventional cinema.
It's a stylishly glowing film, shimmering with both romantic images and haunting visions.
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Top Critic
I think there was a point about midway through where I was getting somewhat restless, as to the thought 'Resnais and Semprun and company have shown us this character, his very sleazy yet undoubtedly charming way of being around people, but where will it go now, what will the movie do to keep things interesting'. And in its own way it becomes more interesting than just being a series of 'how will he get out of this' as it is 'it's time for the downfall, let's hear what his associates, doctor, lawyer, the love he didn't really have - that was the one thing in the film that, while nice and had certain, brief sensual mood, was underdeveloped - had to say ala Citizen Kane. And another fascination comes with bringing the theater itself into it. Stavisky/Alex could have made just a wonderful actor, maybe a protege of Stanislavski, but he decided to take it into the real world as opposed to just the stage, where he could read lines next to other actors but not as confidently as in a fine suit and cigar giving our fake money.
Maybe that explains, in a metaphorical part, the Trotsky thing, since Stavisky himself was from Russia too: the best way to subvert Capitalism, perhaps, is to just make a mockery of it, fuck the system and get away with millions and millions, always with a smile and courtesy. It's a moody, entertaining ride, the French-socio-historical-political flipside of something like The Sting, also from the same time.