| The Swindle | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Claude Chabrol |
| Produced by | Marin Karmitz |
| Written by | Claude Chabrol |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Eduardo Serra |
| Edited by | Monique Fardoulis |
| |
| 104 minutes | |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $9.1 million |
| Box office | $7.9 million[1] |
The Swindle (French: Rien ne va plus) is a 1997 French crime-comedy film directed by Claude Chabrol that starred Michel Serrault and Isabelle Huppert.[2]
Rien ne va plus is een Franse filmkomedie uit 1997 onder regie van Claude Chabrol.De titel is ontleend aan een uitroep tijdens het spel roulette en betekent 'niets gaat meer' (er mag niet meer ingezet worden). Faites vos jeux, rien ne va plus. Roulette is the Queen of all casino games. The name of the game comes from French and means a small wheel. Roulette was first played in Paris, Rien in The rules of Roulette are simple and well intelligible even for casino.
Plot[edit]
Victor and Betty are small-time confidence tricksters operating from a camper van who specialise in business conventions. Betty lures a delegate to a hotel room, where she slips him knock-out drops. Victor then joins her and they go through his cash, cheques, credit cards and passport. Victor's golden rule is never to be greedy, instead taking just a bit from each victim.
Rien Ne Va Plus Translation
Betty enjoys exercising her powers of attraction, however, and gets more ambitious. She starts an affair with Maurice, who is a courier for money launderers and has to deliver an attaché case to the Caribbean. Victor reluctantly joins her plot, and they switch Maurice's case, which contains 5 million Swiss francs, for an identical case they have filled with newspaper. When Maurice's contacts find they have been swindled, they first torture him to death and then go looking for Victor and Betty. After the two have undergone some brutal questioning, they hand over the right case with 2.8 million Swiss francs in it. Fooled by Victor's golden rule, the gangsters let the pair go.
Victor, cross with Betty for stepping out of their league and endangering their lives, disappears with the 2.2 million Swiss francs he kept. She tracks him down at his Swiss hideaway and in the end the two make it up.
Cast[edit]
- Isabelle Huppert as Elizabeth / Betty
- Michel Serrault as Victor
- François Cluzet as Maurice Biagini
- Jean-François Balmer as Monsieur K
- Jackie Berroyer as Robert Chatillon
- Jean Benguigui as Guadeloupe Gangster
- Mony Dalmès as Signora Trotti (as Mony Dalmes)
- Thomas Chabrol as Swiss Desk Clerk
- Yves Verhoeven as Pickpocket
- Henri Attal as Greek Vendor
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^JP. 'Rien ne va plus (The Swindle) (1997)- JPBox-Office'. www.jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^Maslin, Janet. 'NY Times: The Swindle'. NY Times. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
External links[edit]
- The Swindle on IMDb
