Melody for a Hustler

October. 14,1998      
Rating:
6.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Yvan Attal as  Gaston
Virginie Lanoué as  Marie-Pierre
Yann Collette as  Gilles
Benaïssa Ahaouari as  Saïd
Samy Naceri as  Joël
Marc Lavoine as  Bruno
Claire Nebout as  Patricia
Jean-Louis Richard as  Alexandre
Brigitte Sy as  Véronique
Denis Lavant as  L'auto-stoppeur