Product: L' Argent [VHS] (1983)
Rating: 5.0
A very subliminal, enigmatic experience.
This was the first Bresson film I saw and was by far the best. The languid and minimilistic style conveyed by Bresson takes some time getting used to, but its understating of the central theme is a powerful psychological device. Thematically, Bresson conveys to the audience the humiliation and inexorable decline of a working class man who was unfortunate to possess fake French Franc notes as a result of a petty and irresponsible joke initiated by middle/upper class schoolboys. The most patent disturbing factor of this film is how an ordinary, everyday working man, happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time; this results in the young man going to jail & losing his family (including the heart breaking death of his baby whom he never saw). The effects are cataclysmic and tragic as the final scenes ensue. This is an excellent film which will sear the mind, heart and soul and will live and haunt you for the rest of your life. A must see.