Melody for a Hustler
1998French 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.
Acted in
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
Marilyne Canto
as Marianne
Antoine Chappey
as Jean-Claude
Dominique Marcas
as La vieille de l'immeuble
Olivier Gourmet
as Le dépanneur
Mick Gondouin
as Franck
Jo Prestia
as Le petit
Malek Kateb
as Moussa
Philippe Nahon
as L'inspecteur du Havre
Patrick Massieu
as Un gendarme
Hocine Choutri
as Moktar
Christine Fersen
as La 'sorcière'
Bernard Nissile
as Le jeune entrepreneur
Philippe du Janerand
as Inspecteur
Roger Knobelspiess
as Un flic
Francis Renaud
as Un flic
Marc Rioufol
as Un flic
Dominique Hulin
as Le géant