Film

Melody for a Hustler

1998 · 1h 44m · Drama · Comedy · Crime

IMDb

6.2

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

Gaston

Virginie Lanoué

Marie-Pierre

Yann Collette

Gilles

Benaïssa Ahaouari

Saïd

Samy Naceri

Joël

Marc Lavoine

Bruno

Claire Nebout

Patricia

Jean-Louis Richard

Alexandre

Brigitte Sy

Véronique

Denis Lavant

L'auto-stoppeur

Marilyne Canto

Marianne

Antoine Chappey

Jean-Claude

Dominique Marcas

La vieille de l'immeuble

Olivier Gourmet

Le dépanneur

Mick Gondouin

Franck

Jo Prestia

Le petit

• Vincent RavalecNovel · Director · Screenplay
• Jean-Pierre AlessandriniProducer
• Philippe Le SourdDirector of Photography
• Robert MinyOriginal Music Composer
• Yvon LemièreEditor

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Release date

October 14, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Drama, Comedy, Crime