Melody for a Hustler

104 mins
French novelist Vincent Ravalec made his directorial debut with this French drama about small-time crook Gaston (Yvan Attal) who poses as a millionaire after he picks up hitchhiking 16-year-old Marie-Pierre (Virginie Lanoue). Actually living in a seedy apartment, Gaston deals in stolen goods, but he soon climbs to bigger heists, including car thefts. Concealing his illegal activities, Gaston operates his company, Extramill, out of upscale, posh offices, while he and Marie-Pierre move into a sedate upper-middle-class neighborhood. Life is sweet, but the onset of paranoia, kinky sex activities, and police probes eventually culminate in violence.

Virginie Lanoué

Marie-Pierre

Brigitte Sy

Véronique

Denis Lavant

L'auto-stoppeur

Antoine Chappey

Jean-Claude

Dominique Marcas

La vieille de l'immeuble

Olivier Gourmet

Le dépanneur

Jo Prestia

Le petit

Philippe Nahon

L'inspecteur du Havre

Patrick Massieu

Un gendarme

Christine Fersen

La 'sorcière'

Bernard Nissile

Le jeune entrepreneur

Philippe Le Sourd

Director of Photography

Fred Lapierre

Production Design

Robert Miny

Original Music Composer

Frédérique Lapierre

Production Design

Vincent Ravalec

Screenplay

Jean-Pierre Maricourt

Special Effects

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