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L'Argent
Institute of Contemporary Arts
L'Argent, dir. Robert Bresson, France 1983, French with English subtitles, 83 min


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Adapted from a novella by Leo Tolstoy, Bresson’s portrait of an ordinary man driven to evermore extreme crimes by social and financial forces beyond his control probes uncomfortably beneath the surface of ‘civilised’ society. 

An unforgiving vision of contemporary existence and the increasing materialism of society, Bresson's final film is perhaps his most brutal and despairing, as a forged bank note brings chaos and corruption to the lives of everyone it touches,
 
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04:45 pm
Sun, 28 Sep 2025
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