Melody for a Hustler

Melody for a Hustler — Plot

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.

• Release date
• October 14, 1998
• Runtime
• 104 min
• Genres
• Drama, Comedy, Crime
• Director
• Vincent Ravalec

Melody for a Hustler — Cast

Yvan Attal Gaston Virginie Lanoué Marie-Pierre Yann Collette Gilles Benaïssa Ahaouari Saïd Samy Naceri Joël Marc Lavoine Bruno Claire Nebout Patricia Jean-Louis Richard Alexandre