(''Other People's Money'') is a 1978 French drama film directed by Christian de Chalonge, and starring

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, Catherine Deneuve, Claude Brasseur and Michel Serrault. It won the

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and the César Award for Best Film and Best Director, and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay, Dialogue or Adaptation and Best Editing.

Plot

Henri Rainier is a senior manager at the Miremant bank. He makes loans to an adventurous client, the Chevalier d'Aven, knowing that he has the backing of his superiors. However, the relationship proves financially disastrous, and the bank is faced with having to cover up its massive deficit. The bank's directors want to disassociate themselves from the scandal and, as Rainier's client is now accused of fraud, they make him a scapegoat and fire him on the spot. However, Rainier refuses to take it lying down, knowing that the bank's directors approved every loan. His wife Cécile and the union representative Arlette suggest he sue his former employers. Determined not to be the scapegoat, and anxious to avoid possible criminal charges, Rainier sets out to prove the bank's responsibility for this and other shady transactions. But as a senior bank manager who has been sacked, he finds he has become unemployable. He breaks into the bank's archives and finds incriminating evidence, but nobody believes him, assuming he is just a disgruntled ex-employee. The Chevalier d'Aven gets five years in prison and the bank is exonerated in the eyes of the world, having apparently been the innocent victim of a cunning crook and an incompetent manager. Since everyone agrees that Rainier could conduct a perfect business lunch, he ultimately ends up training young hopefuls in this subtle art.

Cast

as Henri Rainier * Catherine Deneuve as Cécile Rainier * Claude Brasseur as Claude Chevalier d'Aven * Michel Serrault as Miremant * Gérard Séty as De Nully * Jean Leuvrais as Heldorff *

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as Blue * Michel Berto as Duval * Francis Lemaire as Torrent *

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as Arlette Rivière * Raymond Bussières as Claude Chevalier d'Aven's father * Moune de Rivel as La chanteuse antillaise

References

External links

* * 1978 films French drama films 1970s French-language films Best Film César Award winners Films whose director won the Best Director César Award Films directed by Christian de Chalonge Stock trading films Louis Delluc Prize winners 1970s business films 1970s French films 1978 drama films {{1970s-France-film-stub