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Acting
Jean Carmet's magnificent patheticness—Depardieu smolders, Piccoli sneers.
Direction
Rouffio's 70s Paris is gloriously seedy and aspirational.
Writing
Satire sharp enough to make Ponzi schemes feel almost quaint.

Director
Jacques Rouffio
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