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You can stream L'Argent (1983) on Criterion Channel with a subscription.

A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is—which will have devastating consequences on his life.

A single counterfeit banknote ripples through the city, triggering a relentless chain reaction of greed and destruction. Follow how one man's misplaced trust in a piece of paper dismantles his entire existence.

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