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L'argent Blu-ray CRITERION COLLECTION In his ruthlessly clear-eyed final film, French master Robert Bresson pushed his unique blend of spiritual rumination and formal rigor to a new level of astringency. Transposing a Tolstoy novella to contemporary Paris, L argent follows a counterfeit bill as it originates as a prop in a schoolboy prank, then circulates like a virus among the corrupt and the virtuous alike before landing with a young truck driver and leading him to incarceration and violence. With brutal economy, Bresson constructs his unforgiving vision of original sin out of starkly perceived details, rooting his characters in a dehumanizing material world that withholds any hope of transcendence. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Press conference from the 1983 Cannes Film Festival L argent, A to Z, a new video essay by film scholar James Quandt Trailer New English subtitle translation PLUS An essay by critic Adrian Martin and a newly expanded 1983 interview with director Robert Bresson by critic Michel Ciment FEATURING Actors Caroline Lang, Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Sylvie Van den Elsen Directors Robert Bresson Subtitled, Widescreen Language French Subtitles English Region All Regions Number of discs 1 Rated Unrated Not Rated Run Time 84 minutes
