Melody for a Hustler

The story

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.

Cast

Y Yvan AttalGaston V Virginie LanouéMarie-Pierre Y Yann ColletteGilles B Benaïssa AhaouariSaïd S Samy NaceriJoël M Marc LavoineBruno C Claire NeboutPatricia J Jean-Louis RichardAlexandre B Brigitte SyVéronique D Denis LavantL'auto-stoppeur M Marilyne CantoMarianne A Antoine ChappeyJean-Claude

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D Dominique MarcasLa vieille de l'immeuble O Olivier GourmetLe dépanneur M Mick GondouinFranck J Jo PrestiaLe petit M Malek KatebMoussa P Philippe NahonL'inspecteur du Havre P Patrick MassieuUn gendarme H Hocine ChoutriMoktar C Christine FersenLa 'sorcière' B Bernard NissileLe jeune entrepreneur P Philippe du JanerandInspecteur R Roger KnobelspiessUn flic F Francis RenaudUn flic M Marc RioufolUn flic D Dominique HulinLe géant