Melody for a Hustler

Melody for a Hustler (1998)

DramaComedyCrime

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.

Director: Vincent Ravalec
Writer: Vincent Ravalec

Casts

	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

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