L'Argent des autres

"L'Argent des autres" is a 1978 French film directed by Christian de Chalonge, and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Deneuve, Claude Brasseur and Michel Serrault. It won the Louis Delluc Prize and the César Award for Best Film and Best Director, and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, Best Writing and Best Editing.

Plot

Henri Rainer is an employee at Mirement bank. He makes a loan to adventurous client Chevalier d'Aven, thinking he has the backing of his superiors. However, the venture proves disastrous, and the bank is faced with having to cover up its deficit. The bank's managers want to disassociate themselves from the scandal. As it is Rainer's client who is accused of fraud, the managers believe Rainer is responsible for it and fire him from his bank job. However, Rainer refuses to take it lying down, and knows that it was the bank's director who approved the loan. Rainer's wife Cécile and union representative Arlette suggest he sue his former company. Anxious to avoid being framed, Rainer sets out to prove it his former superiors' responsibility for this and other shady transactions.

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*imdb title|0077175

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