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.
Direction
Bresson's final film—rigorous, pitiless, transcendent
Editing
Invisible cuts build inevitability like a trap closing
Acting
Non-professionals move like souls being weighed
Director
Robert Bresson
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