The Paradox of Film Adaptation: Cinema as a Literary Source (on R. Bresson's Film “Money”)
Journal: Journal of Film Arts and Film Studies
Year: 2025

The article analyzes the creative method chosen by the French director Robert Bresson for his film “Money” (1983, based on “The Forged Coupon” by L.N. Tolstoy). The author focuses on the director’s specific approach to film and finally assumes that the film creates a kind of a counterpart of the original world, which becomes the basis for literary narration.