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Le sucre

Le Sucre
Le Sucre.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Jacques Rouffio
Produced by Lise Fayolle
Giorgio Silvagni
Written by Jacques Rouffio
Georges Conchon
Starring Jean Carmet
Gérard Depardieu
Music by Philippe Sarde
Cinematography René Mathelin
Edited by Geneviève Winding
Production
company
Distributed by Gaumont
Release date
  • 15 November 1978 (1978-11-15)
Running time
104 minutes
Language French
Box office $5.7 million

Le Sucre (or The Sugar) is a 1978 French crime drama thriller film directed by Jacques Rouffio.

The film recounts a fraud case, on the basis of the speculative bubble on the price of sugar in 1974. A small saver, Adrien Courtois lose all the inheritance of his wife. The Viscount Raoul Renaud Homécourt of Vibraye is a fantastic and unscrupulous broker. Between the two men, so different, will be born a friendship and complicity. Around this couple gravitate some savory characters...


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