Stavisky...

Stavisky...

1974 · 120 min · FR · 6.3 (86 votes)
Dir. Alain Resnais · Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, François Périer, Anny Duperey, Michael Lonsdale, Roberto Bisacco, Claude Rich · Music Stephen Sondheim
CrimeDrama

Irresistible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends with even most influential members of French industrial and political elite during the early 30s. But nothing lasts forever and when his great scam involving hundreds millions of francs gets exposed result is an unprecedented scandal that almost caused a civil war.

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A glittering, yet ultimately hollow, portrait of a charismatic con man navigating the decadent upper echelons of 1930s France. It's a stylish, tragic descent into ambition and betrayal, leaving a lingering sense of melancholy.

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