Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Switzerland
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is—which will have devastating consequences on his life.
- paris
- france
- capitalism
- money
- murder
- serial killer
- solitary confinement
- atm
- cash
- forgery
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Christian Patey
Yvon Targe
Vincent Risterucci
Lucien
Sylvie Van Den Elsen
Grey Haired Woman
Michel Briguet
Grey Haired Woman's Father
- Caroline Lang — Elise
- Marc Ernest Fourneau — Norbert
- Jean-Frédéric Ducasse
- Didier Baussy
- Jeanne Aptekman — Yvette
- François-Marie Banier
- Alain Aptekman
- Gilles Durieux
- Directed
- Robert Bresson
- Written
- Robert Bresson, Leo Tolstoy
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 300 ratings
- Studio
- Marion's Films, Eôs Films, France 3 Cinéma
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