L'Argent

Audience Reviews

View More

jacob c @RT09118617 Jun 5, 2025 In his final film, Bresson uses his signature sparse narrative and cinematic techniques to examine the effects of money and the desperate lengths people will go to obtain it. The result is poignant and ever-relevent. See more

Will G @Wgoodeve Mar 2, 2025 A great French film. It was about two teenagers that use counterfeit money at a camera shop. One of them gets arrested and goes to jail. The ending was surprising. Great cinematography and acting. See more

Leaburn O @RT35452347 Feb 14, 2025 Bresson’s final act as a Director was this short parable about money and I suppose the butterfly effect or unintended consequences. It is a strangely alienating film that pulls us into the characters, despite some mediocre acting and then spits out a bunch of unanswerable questions. It’s worth seeing but didn’t grip me. Watched on Blu-ray. See more

Kate F @K8fish Jan 13, 2025 I made an account solely to critique this film and attempt to even out the outrageous high score. You will only like this film if you are a pretentious sophomoric snob. The score is high only because this is the only type of people to watch this film. I was falling asleep for most of the film. And I say film bc a movie is made to entertain and this did not. There are shots and shots of nothing happening. The actors had no emotion- delivering every line in the most deadpan way. People analyze it as being a deep look at how money corrupts but the character is simply evil. I know it’s supposed to explore film without overt emotion and the classic artistic devices but it didn’t replace them with anything; it was both morally and aesthetically empty. I was not impressed by the so called classic cinematography which reminded me of the poor quality movies I made as a kid with friends. Tolstoy originally wrote this with a part 2 in which one small act of good snowballs into having a larger and larger positive effect. Which is a much more powerful artistic message. Do not watch. See more

Dave S @RT68722908 May 27, 2023 L'Argent was the perfect swan song for the great French auteur Robert Bresson – a sparse but powerful film rich in themes and consistent in style with the rest of his impressive oeuvre. Set in Paris, the passing of a counterfeit banknote leads to an unimaginably tragic and ultimately violent chain of events. It's really that simple. As always, Bresson pares things down to only the necessary. The dialogue is minimal, the film is unadorned by a music score, and there isn't a scene or a shot that is unnecessary. L'Argent is a reminder of how movies should be made and what cinematic art looks like in the hands of a master. See more

Jeffrey P @vanillavoodoo1 Oct 17, 2021 Based on the works of Leo Tolstoy... and it's French. I can watch and enjoy some foreign language films but I did not find much of anything to like about this one. See more

Read all reviews

L'Argent

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING