Le Billet de mille
The tribulations of a banknote, from its exit from a counter to its destruction, passing through dozens of hands.
The tribulations of a banknote, from its exit from a counter to its destruction, passing through dozens of hands.
Gaby Morlay
The desperate one
Constant Rémy
Debt collector
Lucien Baroux
Couturier
Edmonde Guy
Dancer
Gabriel Signoret
Director of the boarding school
Françoise Rosay
Russian Countess
Armand Bernard
Soldier
René Sarvil
Soldier
Marcelle Géniat
The Prowler
The tribulations of a banknote, from its exit from a counter to its destruction, passing through dozens of hands.
The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is involved. The nephew of the owner of the vault is trying to cheat his uncle and have his name in the documents. Everything is even more complicated because the manager of the bank has a finger in the pie, too. Who but a humble bank-teller (Pierre Richard) will ruin the scheme?
Themroc, a bachelor house painter living at home with his mother, leads a sad and colorless life. One day, after a run-in with his boss, he rebels. He wrecks his apartment, rejects every facet of bourgeois life, and begins acting like an urban, modern-day Neanderthal.
A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine where they are in their lives.
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made.
Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communicate more of the bad news.
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.