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Synopsis
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.
Cinematic DNA
The whole thing started with Robert Bresson and L'Argent. That was the point of departure. That film ends with the man killing himself after the bank robbery. I wanted to show that the source of violence is in something else, not in this one thing.
Robert Bresson's 'L'Argent' demonstrates that kind of 'rigorous economy' and 'unflinching gaze' into the human condition—that objectivity and compass that is true north. That was something I really aimed for in Tár.
— Todd Field · WTF with Marc Maron (Podcast, Episode 1381)
More from Robert Bresson
France
Films with Similar Themes
moral corruption · innocence destroyed · social inequality · fate and causality · crime and consequences
