Melody for a Hustler
Cantique de la racaille
Release: 1998-10-14
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 2.5
Drama
Comedy
Crime
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.
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Cast
Bernard Nissile
as Le jeune entrepreneur
Samy Naceri
as Joël
Marc Lavoine
as Bruno
Claire Nebout
as Patricia
Denis Lavant
as L'auto-stoppeur
Mick Gondouin
as Franck
Francis Renaud
as Un flic
Dominique Hulin
as Le géant
Brigitte Sy
as Véronique
Antoine Chappey
as Jean-Claude
Olivier Gourmet
as Le dépanneur
Christine Fersen
as La 'sorcière'
Philippe du Janerand
as Inspecteur
Yvan Attal
as Gaston
Virginie Lanoué
as Marie-Pierre
Jean-Louis Richard
as Alexandre
Dominique Marcas
as La vieille de l'immeuble
Jo Prestia
as Le petit
Philippe Nahon
as L'inspecteur du Havre
Hocine Choutri
as Moktar
Marc Rioufol
as Un flic
Yann Collette
as Gilles
Benaïssa Ahaouari
as Saïd
Marilyne Canto
as Marianne
Malek Kateb
as Moussa
Patrick Massieu
as Un gendarme
